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Written Question
A1: Lincolnshire
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded accidents have there been on the A1 between Peterborough and the Colsterworth interchange in the last five years.

Answered by Guy Opperman

DfT road casualty statistics provide numbers of personal injury road traffic collisions in Great Britain that were reported to the police using the STATS19 reporting system.

The number of reported personal injury road collisions on the A1 between Peterborough and the Colsterworth interchange for the last 5 available published years can be found in the table below.

Reported personal injury road collisions on the A1 between Peterborough and the Colsterworth interchange, 2018 and 2022 by collision severity

Year

Fatal or Serious

Slight

All collisions

2018

13

31

44

2019

13

17

30

2020

1

13

14

2021

10

24

34

2022

9

23

32

Further information can be found online, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics

Written Question
Bypasses: Melton Mowbray
Thursday 2nd March 2023

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the Melton Mowbray Distributor Road scheme.

Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

I pay tribute to my Hon. Friend’s active and long-standing support for this important scheme to deliver the North and East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road. Officials in the Department are in close touch with Leicestershire County Council to keep them up to date with progress on this scheme.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome my very good friend, the Secretary of State, to his place. Will he make spending in rural areas a priority? If we are to level up transport, we must not forget rural areas. On that point, will he look at the urgent need for Leicestershire County Council to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I recently met the parents of Emily, a nine-year-old girl from the Vale of Belvoir who was killed in a tragic car accident. They want me to ask the Secretary of State what consideration he has given to graduated driving licences, which we know have saved lives around the world. …..."
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Written Question
Restoring Your Railway Fund
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on reviewing bids by local authorities for the Restoring Your Railways Fund.

Answered by Wendy Morton - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The £500m Restoring Your Railway Fund is supporting over 45 schemes at different stages of development with funding and advice. The Department received a Strategic Outline Business Case for the Melton Mowbray to Nottingham proposal in August 2021. The Secretary of State for Transport and I are considering next steps for projects, including Melton Mowbray to Nottingham, with a decision on the next tranche to progress anticipated soon.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 18 Mar 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill

"My right hon. and learned Friend has clearly worked incredibly carefully with disabled groups throughout the development of the Bill. The issue comes into my inbox and I hear from constituents facing these types of problem. Was it a personal issue in his own constituency that first raised his awareness …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 18 Mar 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill

"I rise today to speak in support of the important Bill promoted by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy Wright). Too often, pockets of our society do not have true equality, or true access, and the Bill will fundamentally change that. Some people …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 18 Mar 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill

"It is absolutely not acceptable. The fact is that this Bill is being introduced because we have disabled people in our country being charged extra for the liberty, for the joy, for the privilege of being carried, and that is absolutely shameful.

We are very fortunate in Rutland and Melton, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 18 Mar 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill

"Absolutely. That is why the Bill is so important. As Conservatives, we do not want to have to pass legislation to require service providers to provide services to all people. People should not have to sit there and think, “When will Jeremy Wright come and save us all and ensure …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 18 Mar 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill

"My hon. Friend has great expertise when it comes to all things choo-choo, I believe. Why does he think those stations have not been given the facilities that they need for accessibility? We have the same problem in my rural constituency...."
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