Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Highways England has used the community payback scheme in the last three years.
Answered by Guy Opperman
National Highways has collaborated with the National Probation Service, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, to provide opportunities for community service order candidates. In 2021 and 2022, National Highways was invited to make arrangements for litter picking trials and light maintenance at several motorways service areas including trial sites at Gloucester, Hartshead Moor, Chester and Leicester Forest East. In August 2023, National Highways also launched a project where candidates serving community service orders are assisting with graffiti removal and general maintenance in subways.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the original cost of the Access for All project at Mill Hill Broadway station.
Answered by Huw Merriman
The Access for All project at Mill Hill Broadway station is at the outline design stage. The initial contractor estimate to deliver the project is £8m, which Network Rail are currently reviewing and challenging.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of the Access for All project at Mill Hill Broadway station.
Answered by Huw Merriman
The Access for All project at Mill Hill Broadway station is at the outline design stage. Network Rail are currently reviewing and challenging the cost estimate.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on marketing on digital media platforms in each of the last five years.
Answered by Anthony Browne
The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the annual number of wild animals killed on Highway England's roads by discarded refuse.
Answered by Guy Opperman
National Highways (NH) has recently launched its new campaign aimed at reducing litter and any consequential damage to animals on the strategic road network.
The Department does not hold such an estimate figure itself.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of terrorist acts by Houthi pirates in the Red Sea on ships heading to British ports.
Answered by Guy Opperman
Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea are unacceptable and must stop. The Government is working closely with international partners to degrade Houthi capabilities and deter them from carrying out further attacks.
My Department is working closely with other government departments to monitor the impacts of these events. Ships can reroute around the Cape of Good Hope, and many shipping operators are choosing to do so. This has added additional time and distance to vessel journeys, which may cause some initial delays to ship arrivals at British ports. Ship operators now have mitigations in place to adjust to the changed routings, and shipping schedules are stabilising with regular services and supply of goods continuing.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of British-flagged vessels that passed through the Suez Canal in each of the last five years.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The total number of British-flagged commercial vessel transits and the distinct number of British-flagged commercial vessels transiting the Suez Canal.
Year | Number of transits | Number of vessels |
2019 | 104 | 66 |
2020 | 120 | 49 |
2021 | 126 | 58 |
2022 | 116 | 67 |
2023 | 130 | 78 |
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in road traffic accidents in Greater London in each of the last five years.
Answered by Guy Opperman
DfT road casualty statistics provide numbers of personal injury road traffic collisions in Great Britain that were reported to the police using the STATS19 reporting system.
The table shows the number of people killed and seriously injured in collisions in London for the five most recent years with finalised data available.
Year | Fatal casualties on London roads | Serious (adjusted) casualties on London roads |
2018 | 112 | 3,967 |
2019 | 125 | 3,781 |
2020 | 96 | 2,972 |
2021 | 75 | 3,506 |
2022 | 103 | 3,864 |
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets his Department has set to help achieve the Government's commitments on net zero.
Answered by Anthony Browne
‘Powering Up Britain: Net Zero Growth Plan’ sets out how the Government will decarbonise all sectors of the UK economy to meet net zero by 2050. The accompanying ‘Carbon Budget Delivery Plan’ sets out the detail of the package of proposals and policies that will enable legal targets on carbon budgets and net zero to be met. The Government is making good progress on delivering these policies. In transport, the zero-emission vehicle mandate covering new cars and vans sold in Great Britain entered into force in January 2024 and is the world’s most ambitious regulation of its kind.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials from his Department attended COP 28.
Answered by Anthony Browne
18 officials from the Department for Transport attended COP28.