Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to reduce the number of road accidents on the A595.
Answered by John Hayes
The A595 is some 85 miles in length of which Highways England is responsible for the 19 mile section between Chapel Brow and Calder Bridge and the remainder is the responsibility of Cumbria County Council. Highways England keeps the safety performance of all its roads under continuous review and has delivered safety improvements at nine locations on the A595 between January 2011 and October 2016. These include improvements to pedestrian facilities, road markings, road signs, the introduction of traffic signals and a reduction in the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph between Mirehouse and Bigrigg. The number of recorded personal injury accidents along this section in 2015 was significantly lower than in previous years.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal accidents there have been on each A road in 2016.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The table below gives the top 20 A roads with the highest number of fatal accidents in Great Britain for 2015. The fatal accident rate per 100 miles of route length has also been provided as this allows the length of road to be taken into account when comparing the safety performance of the roads.
Given the relatively small number of accidents on each road, the total number of fatal accidents could vary significantly between years. Accident numbers will vary between roads based on a number of factors, including: traffic volume and different types of vehicle, as well as the characteristic of the road itself.
Top 20 A roads with the highest number of fatal accidents in 2015, Great Britain.
A road number 1 | No. of fatal accidents | Fatal accident rate per 100 miles of route length 2 |
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A5 | 17 | 6.42 |
A1 | 14 | 4.37 |
A6 | 13 | 4.56 |
A40 | 12 | 4.24 |
A303 | 11 | 10.0 |
A46 | 9 | 4.23 |
A4 | 9 | 6.33 |
A30 | 9 | 3.03 |
A41 | 9 | 5.21 |
A49 | 9 | 6.15 |
A15 | 8 | 7.90 |
A45 | 8 | 9.55 |
A35 | 8 | 7.60 |
A47 | 8 | 4.53 |
A259 | 8 | 6.19 |
A38 | 8 | 2.44 |
A34 | 7 | 4.05 |
A90 | 7 | 4.47 |
A631 | 7 | 10.9 |
A66 | 7 | 5.73 |
1 excludes A(M) sections of road
2 Route length includes slip roads and covers the length of the road rather than length of individual carriageways.
The attached document (Appendix 1) provides the number of fatal accidents and fatal accident rates per 100 miles of route for each of the A roads where a fatal accident was recorded in 2015.
Data for 2016 is currently unavailable. The statistics will be available after publication in June 2017.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he next plans to visit Copeland constituency.
Answered by Simon Kirby
The Chancellor will visit constituencies across the UK in due course. All his visits are recorded in the transparency data published on gov.uk.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have been judged by Ofsted to not provide the necessary level of support to children with medical conditions in each of the last five years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We do not hold this information. Ofsted inspectors make graded judgements on the effectiveness of leadership and management; the quality of teaching, learning and assessment; pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare; and pupils’ outcomes.
In making these judgements, inspectors will evaluate the experience of particular individuals and groups, including those with medical needs, and this will inform the overall judgment of the school. These evaluations may not always be visible in the report, as Ofsted inspectors will be careful not to identify individual pupils.
We know how important it is that children with medical conditions are supported to enjoy a full education. That is why in 2014 we introduced a new duty to require governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions and have provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area.
We continue to work with organisations with experience in supporting children with medical conditions to help raise awareness of the duty.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to allocate funding to parish councils for flood damage resulting from floods in 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Percy
Government does not allocate funding directly to parish councils. The government acted quickly to allocate funding to unitary and upper tier local authorities to enable them to tailor and pass on support to their communities, households and businesses to help them recover from the impacts of the floods in 2015. It was for the upper tier authorities to decide how most effectively to work with, and disburse funds to, the district and parish councils in their area.