Asked by: Geoffrey Cox (Conservative - Torridge and Tavistock)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many casualties were recorded in road traffic accidents in (a) Torridge and West Devon constituency and (b) Devon in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The number of casualties in road traffic accidents reported to the police in (a) Torridge and West Devon constituency and (b) Devon for the last three years are as follows:
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| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||
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| Killed | Serious | Slight | Total | Killed | Serious | Slight | Total | Killed | Serious | Slight | Total |
Torridge & West Devon - Parliamentary Constituency | 5 | 39 | 249 | 293 | 3 | 46 | 307 | 356 | 1 | 44 | 267 | 312 | |
Devon County Council | 34 | 274 | 2,266 | 2,574 | 16 | 294 | 2,094 | 2,404 | 23 | 316 | 2,088 | 2,427 | |
Plymouth City Council | 6 | 55 | 675 | 736 | 1 | 63 | 766 | 830 | 3 | 82 | 707 | 792 | |
Torbay Council | 3 | 36 | 365 | 404 | 2 | 51 | 311 | 364 | 1 | 42 | 320 | 363 | |
Statistics for 2015 will be available in June 2016.
Asked by: Geoffrey Cox (Conservative - Torridge and Tavistock)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the standard and level of maintenance of roads in Torridge and West Devon constituency; and what steps his Department has taken to improve the maintenance of those roads.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport regularly publishes Official Statistics on the proportion of roads where maintenance ‘should be considered’ in England. The smallest administrative area this information is published for is the local highway authority area. Devon County Council is the local highway authority for the constituency of Torridge and West Devon, but the Devon County Council area covers in whole or part 8 other constituencies.
For Devon County Council we are providing £42.3 million this financial year (2015/16).
Road maintenance is a matter for individual local highway authorities, such as Devon County Council, and it is for them to prioritise work according to local need.
Asked by: Geoffrey Cox (Conservative - Torridge and Tavistock)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to extend railway network services between London and Okehampton.
Answered by Claire Perry
We are absolutely committed to ensuring that the South West has the best infrastructure possible and we are determined to do everything possible to stop damage like we saw in 2014 happening again. That is why we have invested £31 million into improving the resilience of rail routes in the South West, and Network Rail spent £40 million on repairing and strengthening the line at Dawlish after the extreme weather.
We are working with the rail industry and the Peninsula Rail Task Force as they explore the potential for longer-term improvements in the area, including the premise of additional routes to the current mainline route via Dawlish.
Asked by: Geoffrey Cox (Conservative - Torridge and Tavistock)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to assist local authorities with the maintenance of rural roads.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Government announced in December 2014 that we are allocating just under £6 billion for councils in England for local highways maintenance over the next six years for all local roads, including rural. This is in addition to the £4.7 billion we have provided to councils since 2010.
The Department is providing Devon County Council with over £220 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 based on a needs formula for maintaining the roads for which they are responsible, including rural roads in Torridge and West Devon. It is entirely for the Council to decide on how this funding is allocated locally based on sound asset management principles.
Asked by: Geoffrey Cox (Conservative - Torridge and Tavistock)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing for the maintenance of rural roads in Torridge and West Devon.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Government announced in December 2014 that we are allocating just under £6 billion for councils in England for local highways maintenance over the next six years for all local roads, including rural. This is in addition to the £4.7 billion we have provided to councils since 2010.
The Department is providing Devon County Council with over £220 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 based on a needs formula for maintaining the roads for which they are responsible, including rural roads in Torridge and West Devon. It is entirely for the Council to decide on how this funding is allocated locally based on sound asset management principles.