Every parliamentary written question tabled by Helen Whately this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.
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What estimate she has made of Network Rail's potential loss of revenue from disabling the advertising board at London Euston station this financial year.
The use of the advertising screen at Euston Station is under review with various options being considered. The potential loss of revenue is commercially confidential.
Whether the Transport Research and Innovation Board has had discussions on the subject of pay per mile road charging or equivalent schemes.
The Transport Research and Innovation Board has not discussed the subject of pay per mile road charging or equivalent schemes.
Whether she has received recent representations on the potential merits of regulating the pricing of car insurance with reference to a customer's postcode.
Motor insurers are responsible for setting premiums based on their assessment of the risk a driver poses, and postcode is one of the criteria. We recommend that consumers shop around to get the best deal. I am aware of the challenges facing motorists on the high cost of motor insurance. We are engaging with the motor insurance industry to understand the causes of increased premiums and identify potential solutions.
Whether her Department has sponsored people through (a) fellowships, (b) internships and (c) PhDs in relation to (i) pay per mile road charging and (ii) equivalent schemes.
The Department for Transport has not sponsored people through internships, fellowships and PhDs specifically in relation to pay per mile road charging or equivalent schemes.
What the (a) full title, (b) estimated cost of production and (c) organisation responsible is for each item of external research that her Department has commissioned but has yet to publish.
Details of all Government contracts, including research contracts, are published on Contracts Finder, and FTS, for contracts awarded from Jan 2021 over a certain threshold.
What the (a) full title, (b) estimated cost of production and (c) organisation responsible is for each item of external research that Highways England has commissioned but has yet to publish.
The Department for Transport does not hold complete information on this.
When she plans to publish her Department's areas of research interest for 2024.
We expect to publish the Department’s Areas of Research Interest in early 2025, taking the appropriate time to engage with the research community and the wider transport sector.
What the (a) full title, (b) estimated cost of production and (c) organisation responsible is for each item of external research that Active Travel England has commissioned but has yet to publish.
Executive agencies regularly commission research and once published it is available on gov.uk or on the commissioned organisation’s website.
Pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2024 to Question 2443 on Roads: Speed Limits, whether she plans to encourage more councils to adopt 20 mph speed limits.
Decisions on whether to adopt 20mph limits rests with the local authority.
Pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2024 to Question 2445 on Tolls, if she will commission research on pay per mile charge schemes.
There are no pay-per-mile road charges in the UK, and the Department has no plans to commission research into pay-per-mile road charging schemes.
Pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2438, whether her Department has issued guidance on the use of automatic number plate recognition by local authorities as a parking enforcement tool.
The Department does not issue specific guidance pertaining to the use of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). ANPR technology is not certified for the purpose of civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions by local authorities. In contrast to the restrictions placed on local authorities, which cannot use ANPR technology to enforce a parking charge once a vehicle has left the car park, private operators are allowed to use ANPR technology as the sole means of enforcement for parking on controlled land.