Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2014
A5 Trunk Road (M42/M69)
"I am delighted to have been able to secure a debate about one of the busiest and most congested parts of our strategic road network. I am pleased to see that my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth (David Tredinnick) is present—he, too, has a constituency interest in this busy …..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2014
A5 Trunk Road (M42/M69)
"I thank my hon. Friend, who represents Rugby. I completely agree with his request in relation to the section further down the A5, which can only help the situation further up the A5, to the benefit of my constituents and the constituents of my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth. …..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2014
A5 Trunk Road (M42/M69)
"Will my right hon. Friend give way?..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2014
A5 Trunk Road (M42/M69)
"I thank my right hon. Friend for his kind words, which will, I am sure, be matched with action by him to support my constituents in relation to this important route. May I also impress on him the importance of consultation with the public in relation to any changes to …..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 12th June 2014
Asked by:
Marcus Jones (Conservative - Nuneaton)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on improvements to the railways in England and Wales in Control Period 4; and what estimate he has made of how much will be spent in Control Period 5.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Over Control Period 4, the total amount spent on enhancements on the railways in England and Wales, as set out in Network Rail's delivery plan update, was £7.557 billion (2012/13 prices).
Over Control Period 5, it is estimated that £11.446 billion.
Written Question
Thursday 12th June 2014
Asked by:
Marcus Jones (Conservative - Nuneaton)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department allocated to projects relating to cycling between (a) 2005 and 2010 and (b) 2010 to 2014.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
During the five financial years 2005/6 to 2009/10, the Department for Transport (DfT) provided funding for cycling through Cycling England, an arm's length organisation set up in 2005; in that period, Cycling England received £105m from the DfT.
During the five financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15, the DfT allocated a final £63m to Cycling England, and has allocated direct funding of £224m for cycling projects, comprising: the £94m Cycling Cities and National Parks fund, £28.5m for Links to Schools / Linking Communities, the £35m cycle safety fund, £14.5m for Cycle Rail, £4.8m to the Highways Agency and £46.8m for Bikeability. In addition, the DfT's Local Sustainable Transport Fund is providing £540m for local authorities to prioritise sustainable transport projects, of which 28% or £151m is being allocated to cycling projects. So total investment by this government in cycling in the five financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15 is £438m.
DfT funding for the LSTF and its Cycling Ambition, Cycle-Rail, and Linking Communities funds is often used to lever matching local contributions. When these other sources are included, spend on cycling in England is equal to £5 per person a year, whilst spend in the eight cycling ambition cities is around £10 per person a year. From 2015/16, the LSTF forms part of the Local Growth Fund, a long-term funding commitment of £2bn a year.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 May 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"The skills academy is vital so that we ensure that HS2 is built by skilled British workers. Notwithstanding the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Karen Lumley) and the hon. Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham), where better to build the skills academy in the geographical heart …..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Feb 2014
Flooding: Transport Disruption
"These are unprecedented weather conditions, and I commend my right hon. Friend for the work he is doing. I also commend all the people across the country who are working so hard to get our rail and road network open again and back to normal. Many of my constituents depend …..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Dec 2013
Transport Infrastructure
"The west midlands is one of the only regions to have a positive balance of trade. The Government want to build on that rebalancing by investing in HS2. To properly integrate our transport infrastructure, does my right hon. Friend not agree that the future development of Birmingham international airport should …..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"14. Can my hon. Friend assure me that everything is being done to reduce the cost of running the railways and the inefficiencies that the previous Government left behind so that we can move towards an era of no above-inflation rises?..."Marcus Jones - View Speech
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