Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the Jet zero objective announced in the Prime Minister's Economy speech of 30 June 2020; and what steps he is taking to achieve that objective.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
On 12 June the Transport Secretary announced the creation of the Jet Zero Council. We have been working with the Business Secretary on the aims and objectives of the Council. It is our intention to publish draft membership and terms of reference before summer recess.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of the High Speed Two station at Birmingham airport; and how that station will be funded.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The High Speed Two Birmingham Interchange Station, near Birmingham Airport, is funded from the £55.7bn funding envelope (in 2015 prices). The estimate of the cost and funding arrangements are commercially sensitive.
Last year the Chancellor announced £300m of funding for making passive provision on HS2 for junctions which would allow HS2 infrastructure to accommodate potential future Northern Powerhouse Rail and Midlands Connect services.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much per capita funding was spent on roads maintenance in each region in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The latest data available regarding spend on roads, in England outside London, including roads maintenance in each region is from the Treasury’s country-and-regional-analysis-2016 data. The table below which gives details of the total spend and per capita spend per region is based on this data.
However, it should first be recognised that figures showing road maintenance spend per head of population need to be interpreted with care. Spending on road maintenance in any given region will be driven more by factors such as the nature of the highway asset (which includes not just roads but also bridges, lighting, footways and structures) in that region and the number or density of roads and highway assets in that region than necessarily by how many people live there.
Further, in terms of spending on national roads such as motorways, whilst the spending is allocated statistically to the region in which the maintenance is carried out this will benefit not just those people in that region but also those travelling across the country from other regions and using that motorway.
In terms of spending on local roads, whilst the Department for Transport allocates roads maintenance funding to local highway authorities, this funding is not ring-fenced and how much each local highway authority in any given region chooses to spend on highways maintenance will reflect their own local priorities.
Current spend: Local roads and National roads (£000) | |||||
2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | |
North East | 138,373 | 126,543 | 113,734 | 104,811 | 115,357 |
North West | 269,883 | 229,482 | 209,391 | 207,885 | 252,738 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 259,354 | 252,881 | 244,289 | 221,242 | 246,860 |
East Midlands | 217,024 | 179,881 | 160,116 | 150,850 | 184,834 |
West Midlands | 235,159 | 212,394 | 220,876 | 200,130 | 252,556 |
East | 302,927 | 265,192 | 259,754 | 242,388 | 289,872 |
South East | 469,799 | 497,259 | 527,773 | 502,935 | 441,460 |
South West | 275,149 | 246,087 | 175,353 | 170,115 | 203,499 |
England (excluding London) | 2,167,668 | 2,009,719 | 1,911,286 | 1,800,356 | 1,987,176 |
Mid-Year Population Estimates | |||||
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
North East | 2,596,441 | 2,602,310 | 2,610,481 | 2,618,710 | 2,624,621 |
North West | 7,055,961 | 7,084,337 | 7,103,261 | 7,132,991 | 7,173,835 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 5,288,212 | 5,316,691 | 5,337,711 | 5,360,027 | 5,390,576 |
East Midlands | 4,537,448 | 4,567,731 | 4,598,431 | 4,637,413 | 4,677,038 |
West Midlands | 5,608,667 | 5,642,569 | 5,674,712 | 5,713,284 | 5,751,000 |
East | 5,862,418 | 5,907,348 | 5,954,316 | 6,018,383 | 6,076,451 |
South East | 8,652,784 | 8,724,737 | 8,792,766 | 8,873,818 | 8,947,913 |
South West | 5,300,831 | 5,339,637 | 5,377,596 | 5,423,303 | 5,471,180 |
England (excluding London) | 44,902,762 | 45,185,360 | 45,449,274 | 45,777,929 | 46,112,614 |
Per capita (£) | |||||
2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | |
North East | 53 | 49 | 44 | 40 | 44 |
North West | 38 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 35 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 49 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 46 |
East Midlands | 48 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 40 |
West Midlands | 42 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 44 |
East | 52 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 48 |
South East | 54 | 57 | 60 | 57 | 49 |
South West | 52 | 46 | 33 | 31 | 37 |
England (excluding London) | 48 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 43 |
Note that this includes non-DFT spend.
Further details and can be found in HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis for 2015/16;
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2016 to Question 34680, what his Department's current involvement is with the European Aviation Safety Agency's development of EU-wide safety rules for drones.
Answered by John Hayes
The Department for Transport has been participating in negotiations on the revision of the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Basic Regulation, which will include EU-wide safety rules for all unmanned aircraft.
The Civil Aviation Authority participates in the EASA Expert Group of subject matter experts, and will assist with the development of the Implementing Rules that sit beneath the Basic Regulation.