Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the costs to haulage companies of theft from commercial vehicles in each of the last three years.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Department for Transport does not routinely gather data on, or formally assess the economic impacts of, crime against commercial vehicles.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on insurance premiums of theft from commercial vehicles.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Theft from commercial vehicles is not a risk required by law to be covered by motor insurance although it can often be purchased as an added extra.
The setting of premiums is a commercial decision for individual insurers and the Government does not generally intervene or seek to control the market.
The independent financial services regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, regularly monitor the insurance market to make sure that it functions well.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of accessibility at Marks Tey railway station.
Answered by Paul Maynard
Marks Tey station currently has step free access to both platforms but no step free interchange between them.
Much of our station infrastructure is Victorian and is therefore not accessible to many disabled passengers. In recognition of the scale of the problem there has been, over successive administrations, a gradual improvement approach and stations have been selected for funding through a prioritisation and assessment process.
All of the available Access for All funding has now been allocated to projects until Spring 2019. We are committed to continuing to invest in the accessibility of the railway after 2019 and will confirm the way in which we will deliver this later in the year.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a new round of access for all funding to improve railway station access for the disabled and other vulnerable users.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Government’s Statement of Funds Available for Control Period 6 (2019-2024) published on 12 October includes funding for continued investment in the accessibility of the railway.
We will confirm the way in which we will deliver improvements to accessibility later in the year.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made in introducing flexible ticketing for part-time commuters.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Department has amended the process for re-letting franchises so that bidders are now required to give customers who work or commute part-time a better value for money option than buying multiple return journeys.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on securing a new round of access-for-all funding to improve railway station access for disabled people and other vulnerable rail users; and what assessment he has made of the need for better accessibility at Marks Tey railway station.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Secretary of State is in regular contact with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about future rail funding and last met him on Monday 26 June to discuss the high level desired outcomes from the rail network for the next investment period.
Marks Tey station currently has step free access to both platforms but no step free interchange between them.