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Written Question
Roads: Finance
Tuesday 1st October 2019

Asked by: Sandy Martin (Labour - Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average length of time was for his Department to respond to funding requests for new roads from local authorities.

Answered by George Freeman

The timing of ministerial decisions on funding, or not, for any particular road scheme depends on a range of factors. With significant funding involved, a key factor will be the assessment of value for money, but also how complex the scheme is and our confidence in it being delivered. It is not possible to give an average length of time for this process since business cases are submitted at different stages of development; some are highly advanced and others are still in their infancy.

Written Question
Roads: Suffolk
Tuesday 1st October 2019

Asked by: Sandy Martin (Labour - Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Highways England on the Ipswich northern route.

Answered by George Freeman

The Department has worked collaboratively with Highways England in assessing the Ipswich Northern Route due to the scheme’s proximity to the A14 which is on the Strategic Road Network. Highways England was actively involved in the assessment of all submitted Major Route Network/ Large Local Major schemes.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Garden Bridge: Funding

"My hon. Friend speaks about not having a repetition, but while this is possibly the largest example of public money being wasted on something that was never going to go ahead, public money has been wasted on other infrastructure projects, well after the time that it was obvious to anyone …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this Adjournment debate, and I apologise for not being here for the start of his speech. I absolutely agree with the whole campaign, which is brilliant. Our passengers deserve this. Does he agree that any compensation scheme needs also to be easy to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I believe in giving praise where it is due, and in this particular case I believe that we should give praise to Greater Anglia for the project that it is running—I believe in conjunction with Mind—to help staff to deal with these problems and to reduce the number of suicides …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"Will the Minister accept that although the regulated fares have gone up by something approaching 3%, there were unregulated fares that went up by very much more than that? Can he explain why, for instance, the Anglia rover ticket went up by something approaching 30%?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jan 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"16. What recent steps he has taken to prepare UK ports for when the UK leaves the EU. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jan 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"How long has the Minister’s Department estimated it will take to recruit and train the thousands of additional customs officers who will be required if we leave without a deal, and what conversations has he had with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs about this?..."
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Written Question
Derby Road Station
Tuesday 18th December 2018

Asked by: Sandy Martin (Labour - Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is any (a) statutory and (b) contractual obligation on Abellio Greater Anglia Railways to provide shelter for passengers at Derby Road Station in Ipswich.

Answered by Andrew Jones

Greater Anglia is obligated to install at least one shelter per platform at Derby Road station by 31 December 2020. In addition, as the demand for this station by passengers grows, Greater Anglia would have to review whether their current facilities is appropriate for the footfall experienced by the station and make the appropriate changes.

Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
Wednesday 28th November 2018

Asked by: Sandy Martin (Labour - Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to review the guidelines on installing charging points for electric vehicles; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing a charging point to be installed at a place other than the address at which the vehicle is registered.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme EVHS guidelines do state that the chargepoint must be installed at the address of the driver. The EVHS is periodically reviewed by the Department to consider improvements to the scheme.