Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money his Department has spent on UK railways in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Net support to the rail industry in Great Britain by the Department for Transport (DfT) is shown in the table below.
The figures represent the net contribution made by the Department and are offset against payments received from the industry, such as the overall premium paid by Train Operating Companies (TOCs).
Department for Transport net support to the rail industry1
Year | £million (nominal) |
2009-10 | 3,887 |
2010-11 | 3,401 |
2011-12 | 3,671 |
2012-13 | 4,403 |
2013-14 | 4,412 |
2014-15 | 3,996 |
2015-16 | 3,855 |
2016-17 | 3,339 |
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1 Excludes support from the Scottish and Welsh Governments
Source: DfT
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to roads and highways in Hertfordshire since 2010.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department for Transport has allocated over £213 million to upgrade and improve local highways in Hertfordshire between 2010/11 and 2017/18 financial years.
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spend on roads and highways in each year since 2010.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Figures on public sector expenditure are published as a part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. The CRA measures the levels of both ‘capital’ and ‘current’ (i.e. resource) expenditure.
Statistics for Department for Transport expenditure on national and local roads are given in the table below. These figures include expenditure incurred by Highways England and DfT executive agencies (including the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Vehicle Certification Agency).
The figures do not include expenditure from DfT to other public sector organisations, such as grant payments made to Local Authorities or Devolved Administrations.
Total DfT expenditure on national and local roads
Year | £million (nominal) |
2010-11 | 2,752 |
2011-12 | 2,433 |
2012-13 | 2,028 |
2013-14 | 2,339 |
2014-15 | 2,845 |
2015-16 | 2,984 |
2016-17 | 3,061 |
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the provision of an additional bay platform at Stevenage station to accommodate services from Stevenage to Hertford.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
We are working with Network Rail to provide additional infrastructure, including a bay platform and approximately two kilometres of new track, at Stevenage station to accommodate services between Stevenage and Hertford. Our intent is for this work to be completed as soon as possible in Control Period 6 (2019-24).
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will recommend to train operators the removal of first class carriages or first class carriage restrictions from rush-hour commuter trains.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Any decision taken to place a requirement on a franchisee to remove first class accommodation from its trains would be made on a case-by-case basis.