Written Question
Tuesday 31st October 2017
Asked by:
Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the replacement of Pacer carriages covering local services with modern rolling stock on rail services in the North of England.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Department recognises that Pacers fall short of passengers’ expectations and so required bidders for the Northern franchise to phase them out.
Arriva Rail North are investing £400 million in 281 brand new air-conditioned carriages, more than double the minimum required in the government’s invitation to tender, and remain on track to deliver the complete removal of the outdated and unpopular Pacers by the end of 2019 at the latest.
Written Question
Monday 30th October 2017
Asked by:
Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of congestion on roads in (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Department has not made an assessment of the trends in the level of congestion on all roads in (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan.
Information is held on average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads and the most recent data provided by the Department is as follows.
CGN0502b: Average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads by local authority
| Average delay (seconds per vehicle per mile) |
| | 2015 | 2016 | % change |
| | | | |
Bolton | | 58.5 | 57.6 | -1.6 |
Wigan | | 58.5 | 58.5 | 0.0 |
| | | | |
England | | 44.6 | 45.9 | +2.8 |
Average delay is commonly used as a measure of relative congestion. A decrease in average delay indicates a reduction in the level of congestion.
These statistics are the most up to date figures published by the Department and come from the table CGN0502b, which is published annually in February. The full table can be accessed using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/average-speed-and-delay-on-local-a-roads-cgn05#table-cgn0502.
The Department does not produce statistics for congestion at the local authority level for the Strategic Road Network or for minor roads.
Highways England keeps the trunk road and motorway network in England under constant review, but has made no recent specific assessment of trends in the level of congestion through Bolton and Wigan.
Written Question
Thursday 26th October 2017
Asked by:
Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has allocated to transport capital infrastructure projects in the North West of England in each year since 2015.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Figures on public sector spend at a regional and national level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. These statistics attempt to allocate the spending according to where the benefits of that spend are accrued.
Statistics for public capital expenditure on transport for the North West of England for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 are given below:
2014-15: £1.355 billion
2015-16: £1.853 billion
These figures include spend on transport by all public sector organisations (including Local Authorities and Public Corporations).
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jul 2017
Road Infrastructure
"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman) on securing this important debate. House building, not just in my constituency but in the area surrounding it, has been an issue of huge concern for many years. It has created huge pressure on the local roads, …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Bus Services Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)
"With people interested in franchising in Greater Manchester, there is an expectation that there will be a number of different providers of bus services. If any one provider failed, other providers could step in, whether they were already in Manchester or were other ones coming in. There would not be …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Bus Services Bill [Lords]
"Has the hon. Gentleman costed Labour’s new policy of giving free concessionary travel to 16 and 17-year-olds?..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Bus Services Bill [Lords]
"While orbital routes for the tram network are a good idea, does my hon. Friend agree that they are not always possible? For Greater Manchester’s future, we must ensure that good bus routes go where orbital routes cannot...."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Bus Services Bill [Lords]
"The Bill presents a unique opportunity to improve bus services, tackle congestion, support local economies and boost regional growth in my constituency and in Greater Manchester more widely.
The benefits of franchising mean that Greater Manchester will have the ability to decide the routes, frequencies, timetables and quality standards for …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Bus Services Bill [Lords]
"It is also incumbent on the new mayors and the new systems that we have in place locally not just to allow that to happen but to encourage it to happen.
The Conservative party has often led the way on public transport. In Greater Manchester, we need only look back …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Bus Services Bill [Lords]
"Absolutely—and parts of Manchester outside the two rings. I am pleased to say that Labour bowed to pressure to have a referendum on the damaging congestion charge proposals, and the people of Greater Manchester in all 10 boroughs rejected that idea.
Currently across Greater Manchester, bus services are not fulfilling …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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