Written Question
Tuesday 18th May 2021
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on the use of Project Bank Accounts by (a) his Department, (b) Government agencies his Department has responsibility for and (c) non-departmental bodies his Department has responsibility for.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
Project Bank Accounts are used to ensure fair payment terms on Government construction contracts. As these are specific to construction projects, they are not used by the Department for Transport nor its Agencies. However, the Department’s large non-departmental bodies engaged in construction works do use them to improve cash flow, mitigate risk of payment delay and to reduce the risk of supply chain failure. Use of these provide transparency and assurance over payments to suppliers lower down the supply chain in particular.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" Greenfield station in my constituency is completely inaccessible. Anyone with a mobility impairment or young children in a buggy may be able to get a train from Greenfield to Manchester, but they would not be able to come back, because they would have to get over the footbridge to …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Jul 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" Our transport sector has been devastated by the covid-19 pandemic. Out of this human tragedy, there is an opportunity not just to build, build, build, but to build back better, with health and wellbeing for all at the heart of it. Will the Transport Secretary commit to “The Time …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Confidence in the Secretary of State for Transport
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Confidence in the Secretary of State for Transport
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Confidence in the Secretary of State for Transport
"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He will remember that we met on 4 June, when I relayed some of the real issues that my constituents in Oldham and Saddleworth were facing. He said that we should be seeing improvements to the emergency timetable. I said that …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Rail Timetabling
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Rail Timetabling
"I first contacted the Transport Secretary back in November to raise concerns about the proposed timetable and, unfortunately, he completely ignored my concerns. Today’s interim timetable has brought even more havoc to my constituents who use Greenfield station, with five—up to now—trains being cancelled. What immediate action is he going …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 27th June 2016
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discretion is available to local authorities to grant blue badges to disabled people who are in receipt of the enhanced mobility rate of personal independence payment other than through the moving around criteria; and what steps he has taken to monitor local authorities in their exercise of that discretion.
Answered by Andrew Jones
It is set out in the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 (as amended), that to qualify for a badge via a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award the applicant must score at least 8 points in the “moving around” activity of the mobility component. There is no discretion for local authorities to issue badges for other PIP awards.
However, where a person fails to qualify for a badge through PIP, they may still apply to their local authority for a badge under the other eligibility criteria; these include any permanent and substantial disabilities (including non-physical disabilities) which cause very considerable difficulty in walking.
Written Question
Monday 27th June 2016
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an impact assessment of the potential effects of the provisions of his Department's Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England), published in October 2014, on people with autism, mental ill health and learning disabilities.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department’s Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England) is non-statutory and non-binding. We therefore have no plans to commission an impact assessment. It is the statutory regulations – the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 – which local authorities are obliged to follow.