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Written Question
Airports: Mental Health Services
Wednesday 15th November 2023

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with airport operators on the adequacy of provision within airports for people with (a) autism and (b) other conditions that cause sensory overload.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Aviation accessibility is a priority for government. The Department for Transport is in regular discussions with airport operators and will be hosting workshops on accessibility with the industry in November. These will include considerations around non-visible disabilities and neurodiversity. The government's Disability and Access Ambassador for Aviation also ran a workshop on 5 October 2023 covering how the UK standard for designing and managing the built environment for people with neurodiversity, ‘Design for the Mind,’ can be incorporated into UK airports.


Written Question
Bus Services: Nottinghamshire
Thursday 19th January 2023

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his department will consider the potential merits of flexible funding for the Bus Service Improvement Plan for Nottinghamshire County Council.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) was one of the successful authorities, under the leadership of Cllr Ben Bradley MP, which bid for and was awarded up to £18,713,800 for delivery of their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), which I know you have welcomed as part of very significant investment in Ashfield and across Nottinghamshire since 2019 to support better jobs and transport to access them.

In line with the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Local Transport Authority on 10 November 2022, any changes to the agreed delivery plan should be submitted to the Department via a Project Adjustment Request. The Department is actively engaged with NCC to ensure that the BSIP scheme delivers for local people in Ashfield and across Nottinghamshire and I have asked Departmental officials to be flexible in their approach within the boundaries of the Section 31 grant when tweaking the scheme to developing local priorities.


Written Question
Railways: Strikes
Wednesday 29th June 2022

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help avoid future railway strikes.

Answered by Wendy Morton

The Government is taking immediate steps to support employers and help members of the public by minimising the disruption that they face as a result of the RMT’s strike action.

A Statutory Instrument has now been laid, under the terms of which employment businesses will be able supply workers to replace striking workers. This will also allow trained staff with transferrable skills to move around the rail industry to cover for striking staff to keep the railways running.

We are working at pace to see how any potential legislative change could be delivered, including looking at the introduction of Minimum Service Level Legislation which would provide a mechanism for a minimum level of train service during periods of strike action.


Written Question
Railways: Nottinghamshire
Wednesday 29th June 2022

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to connect Nottingham with rural parts of Nottinghamshire via the restoration of the Maid Marian Line.

Answered by Wendy Morton

The bid to progress the case for reopening the Maid Marian line to passenger services was unsuccessful as part of the Restoring Your Railway programme. However, the Government recognises the potential benefits of restoration of the Maid Marian Line and will therefore take the case under consideration as part of the Toton Study.

This study, which was established following the publication of the IRP, will assess accelerating transport improvements at Toton, such as a station for local or regional services. It will also include looking at the synergies and combined business case for proposals to reopen the Maid Marian line to passenger services.


Written Question
Bus Services: Ashfield
Monday 28th February 2022

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support Trent Barton bus services continue their regular operation schedule across Ashfield and Eastwood.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

We have provided unprecedented support for local transport during the pandemic. For bus, operators and local authorities have received funding through the £1.5bn Coronavirus Bus Service Support Grant, and the ongoing £226.5m Bus Recovery Grant. Recognising the need for further support, an additional £29m uplift will be provided to recipients of the Bus Recovery Grant this financial year. Trent Barton can access this funding in the same way as other bus services within the sector.

Discussions are ongoing regarding the costs and benefits of measures to support the sector beyond April, and we are working closely with stakeholders to understand the potential challenges and possible mitigations once recovery funding ends.


Written Question
Bus Services: Nottinghamshire
Tuesday 1st February 2022

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made subsequent to the National Bus Strategy to deliver new services across Nottinghamshire.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The National Bus Strategy and subsequent guidance set out clear expectations on what Bus Service Improvement Plans should include. I can confirm that Nottinghamshire’s BSIP has been received by the Department. At the Budget we announced £1.2 billion of new dedicated funding for bus transformation deals, as part of over £3 billion of bus investment across this Parliament. We will announce details of how that funding will be allocated in due course.


Written Question
Roads: Ashfield
Tuesday 1st February 2022

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the extent of pothole repairs in Ashfield required to be made by Ashfield District Council.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

Nottinghamshire County Council, as local highway authority, is responsible for the maintenance of its local road network, which includes the area covered by Ashfield District Council. Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area.

Whilst the Government does not intervene in highway maintenance decisions, the settlement announced at Spending Review 2021 represents a funding level consistent with 2021/22: £915 million per year for local highway maintenance, outside London and combined authorities receiving city region settlements (CRSTS), committed for three years.


Written Question
Roads: Nottinghamshire
Tuesday 1st February 2022

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the safety of roads across Nottinghamshire.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

As part of the Department for Transport’s Safer Roads Fund project, the A634 in Nottinghamshire was funded in our first round of road safety schemes to the amount of £2,181,000. Work on this road was completed in 2020 in collaboration with Nottinghamshire County Council.

The Safer Roads Fund encourages local authorities to adopt a safe system principle, improving roads and creating infrastructure for active travel.

Responsibility, however, of the local road network, including safety, remains the role of Nottinghamshire County Council. They are best suited to understand the safety of roads across their area and to implement appropriate interventions.


Written Question
Railways: Ashfield
Monday 8th November 2021

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility study undertaken on the potential re-opening of the Maid Marian Line in Nottinghamshire.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

In January 2020 the Government pledged £500 million for the Restoring Your Railway programme to deliver on our manifesto commitment to start reopening lines and stations. The Secretary of State for Transport and I will be considering next steps for projects, including the Maid Marian Line, with a decision on the next tranche to progress anticipated in the coming months.


Written Question
Railways
Monday 8th November 2021

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the Integrated Rail Plan.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department will soon publish its Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) which will look at how best to deliver major rail investments in the North and Midlands including HS2 Phase 2b, Northern Powerhouse Rail and other major Network Rail schemes, so that the benefits of these investments are delivered to passengers and communities more quickly.