Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to change the criteria for road improvement funding.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department for Transport consulted on the formula for highways maintenance capital funding in 2015 and made a few changes to the funding methodology based on responses received. The funding allocated to each highway authority is based on each of the local assets that they are responsible for and is a fair and proportionate way of providing funding. The Department for Transport may consider a further review of the highways maintenance funding formula following the outcome of the next Spending Review.
For the Major Road Network (MRN), the Department is aiming to publish a response to the consultation shortly, with a view to launching the network and further details on the scheme selection process by the end of the year. Once launched, it will be for the relevant local authority working with other regional partners, to make the case for MRN funding for particular schemes.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations (a) opened and (b) closed in each constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Since 2010, thirty seven stations have opened, and three have been closed. I attach a table for ease.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test stations have closed in each constituency since 2010.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has closed nine driving test centres since 2010; this consists of four car driving test centres, one motorcycle driving test centre and four lorry driving test centres. The sites were closed either because the usage agreement was terminated by the landlord, the property was sold by the site landlord or the site was no longer suitable for testing. The following table shows the name of each driving test centre that has closed, the type of test that was carried out and the constituency:
Name of driving test centre | Type of test | Constituency |
Aberporth | Motorcycle | Ceredigion |
Ashton-under-Lyne | Car | Ashton Under Lyne |
Bromsgrove | Car | Bromsgrove |
Congleton | Car | Congleton |
Gloucester | Lorry | Gloucester |
Islay Island | Lorry | Argyll and Bute |
Neath | Lorry | Neath |
Rutherglen | Car | Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
Simonswood (Liverpool) | Lorry | West Lancashire |