Asked by: Charlotte Leslie (Conservative - Bristol North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rail infrastructure investment was in the South West region from 1997-98 to 2015-16.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Department specifies rail investment as part of a planning process that includes publishing a High Level Output Specification (HLOS). This sets out how much public expenditure it wishes to devote to rail and what it wants the railway to deliver. This takes into account rail infrastructure in England and Wales, including the South West. It does not include infrastructure investment made by third parties.
The first HLOS was published in 2007 and covers the period 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2014 and the second HLOS published in 2012 covers the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2019. During these periods rail infrastructure has been delivered or is in delivery in the South West including Reading Station redevelopment, the Great Western Route Modernisation Programme and the Wessex Capacity Programme.
Further information can be found at the following links;
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-a-sustainable-railway-white-paper-cm-7176
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-level-output-specification-2012
Asked by: Charlotte Leslie (Conservative - Bristol North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2017 to Question 64008, on Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency, how much was paid by each local authority area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Local authorities cover the administrative cost associated with requests for vehicle keeper and driver licensing information held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
The table below shows how much was paid to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) by each local authority over the last five years. Audited information for this financial year 2016-17 is not yet available.
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
Local Authority |
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A |
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Aylesbury Vale DC | - | £125 | £225 | £485 |
B |
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,985 | £606 | £636 | £737 |
Bath & North East Somerset | £2,985 | £552 | £552 | £572 |
Birmingham City Council | £1,054 | £557 | £435 | £303 |
Blackburn with Darwen BC | £3,841 | £939 | £375 | - |
Bolton Council | £3,129 | £18 | £3 | £367 |
Bradford Council | - | - | - | £3,453 |
Brighton & Hove City Council | - | - | - | £4,067 |
Bristol City Council | £6,789 | £2,460 | £5,651 | £3,045 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,985 | - | - | £1,040 |
C |
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Caerphilly County Borough Council | - | - | £2,985 | £217 |
Cardiff City Council | - | - | £1,320 | £2,062 |
Cheshire Council | - | - | - | £37 |
Crawley Borough Council | - | - | £2,986 | £560 |
Cumbria County Council | £631 | £1,252 | £1,984 | £1,881 |
D |
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Darlington Borough Council | - | - | £2,985 | £414 |
Denbighshire County Council | - | - | - | £3,012 |
Doncaster Council | £13 | £2,469 | £1,589 | £3,849 |
E |
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Essex County Council | £1,525 | £2,498 | £2,569 | £1,843 |
G |
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Glasgow City Council | - | - | - | £4,505 |
H |
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Hertfordshire County Council | - | £1,009 | £653 | £1,063 |
Huntingdonshire District Council | £1,332 | £4 | £6 | £3,009 |
I |
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Inverclyde Council | - | - | £594 | £799 |
Isle of Wight Council | £400 | £318 | £658 | £923 |
K |
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Kirklees Council | - | - | £1,625 | £2,892 |
Knowsley Borough Council | - | - | - | £3,451 |
L |
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Leeds City Council | £3,385 | £488 | £4,162 | £10,082 |
London Borough of Harrow Council | £15,213 | £3,305 | £189 | £216 |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | - | £1,664 | £3,224 | £3,536 |
London Councils | - | £1,040 | £2,080 | £2,080 |
M |
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Manchester City Council | £1,342 | £6,475 | £6,075 | £6,385 |
Middlesbrough Council | - | - | £2,985 | £1,119 |
Monmouthshire County Council | - | - | - | £2,986 |
N |
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Newark & Sherwood District Council | - | - | - | £162 |
North Devon District Council | £128 | £193 | £352 | £246 |
North Somerset Council | £48 | £91 | £272 | £340 |
North Tyneside Council | - | - | - | £4,157 |
Northampton Borough Council | £3,279 | £3,346 | £50 | £829 |
Nottingham City Council | £3 | £1,746 | £1,949 | £2,029 |
Nottinghamshire County Council | £3 | £3,003 | £112 | £3,609 |
O |
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Oldham Council | - | - | £737 | £1,190 |
Oxford City Council | £4 | £3,465 | £836 | £877 |
P |
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Plymouth City Council | - | - | - | £3,075 |
Portsmouth City Council | - | - | - | £2,992 |
Powys County Council | - | - | - | £2,985 |
R |
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Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council | - | - | - | £3,347 |
Rochdale Borough Council | - | - | - | £2,985 |
Rushcliffe Borough Council | - | £476 | £588 | £700 |
S |
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Sedgemoor District Council | - | - | - | £65 |
Sefton Council | £2,985 | £5 | £1,331 | £1,825 |
Sevenoaks Council | - | - | - | £2,998 |
Sheffield City Council | - | - | £1,387 | £2,049 |
South Cambridgeshire Council | - | £72 | £339 | £331 |
South Lanarkshire Council | - | - | £2,985 | £541 |
South Somerset District Council | - | - | £2,985 | £197 |
South Tyneside Council | - | - | £2,986 | £521 |
Southampton City Council | - | £13 | £378 | £419 |
St Edmundsbury Borough Council | - | - | - | £58 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | - | - | £2,986 | £740 |
Swansea Council | - | - | - | £2,985 |
T |
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Test Valley Borough Council | - | - | £143 | £296 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | - | £295 | £262 | £259 |
Transport for London | - | £8,319 | £9,188 | £46,775 |
W |
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Walsall Council | - | - | - | £2,985 |
Warrington Borough Council | - | £237 | £343 | £505 |
Wigan Council | - | - | - | £1,209 |
Wolverhampton City Council | - | - | - | £992 |
Wyre Council | - | £3,325 | £469 | £434 |
Asked by: Charlotte Leslie (Conservative - Bristol North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on local authority payments to the DVLA.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Local authorities cover the administrative cost for dealing with requests for vehicle keeper and driver licensing information held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
In the financial year 2015-16, the DVLA received £166,704 directly from local authorities. This includes £14,352 for vehicle related requests, £101,600 for driver related requests and £50,752 for the initial set up costs to enable local authorities to make driver licensing checks electronically.