Tag: Bridget Phillipson

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 693W, on bus services: disability, how many public service vehicles (a) in each region and (b) operated by each operator have been issued with PSVAR certificates.

Stephen Hammond

I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 20^th March 2014. As indicated there the Department for Transport’s annual bus statistics (published in September 2013) show that 78% of buses in England have been issued with PSVAR certificates, while 92% of buses are low floor.

The following table provides a breakdown of PSVAR certificates for each region:

Region	Buses with certificates	%Buses having certificates
East Midlands	1,400	72%
East of England	1,970	67%
London	8,880	97%
North East	1,370	73%
North West	3,900	76%
South East	2,690	71%
South West	1,950	63%
West Midlands	2,730	77%
Yorkshire and the Humber	2,800	69%
England	27,680	78%

The figures in this table are compiled from annual operator returns to the Department for Transport, which are not broken down by region. To compile the regional level estimates, each operator has been assigned to its main region of operation.

The returns are made under the Statistics of Trade Act 1947, and figures for individual operators are therefore considered as commercially confidential.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the armed forces will tender for the successor to the SA80 L86A2.

Mr Philip Dunne

There are currently no plans to replace the SA80 L86A2.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s notice 2014DIN01-021, Revision of cost-of-living addition salary bands.

Anna Soubry

Copies of the Department’s notice on the revision of the cost of living addition salary bands (2014DIN01-021) and the increase in the rate of excess fares allowance from 6 April 2014 (2014DIN01-032) have been placed in the Library of the House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s notice 2014DIN01-032, Increase in the rate of excess fares allowance from 6 April 2014.

Anna Soubry

Copies of the Department’s notice on the revision of the cost of living addition salary bands (2014DIN01-021) and the increase in the rate of excess fares allowance from 6 April 2014 (2014DIN01-032) have been placed in the Library of the House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools construction, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s non-firm, estimated dates for the start and finish of construction for each PSBP school.

Mr David Laws

The Department for Education does not hold firm predictions for when every project will start or finish construction as time scales can shift in either direction.

I do not believe it is appropriate to publish non-firm, estimated dates for the start and finish of construction for each Priority Schools Building Programme school.