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  • Lord Smith of Clifton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Lord Smith of Clifton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Smith of Clifton on 2016-02-25.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the average speeds of traffic flows recorded in central London for the years 2008 to 2015 inclusive.

    Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

    The average speeds are as set out in the table below. This information is based on material published on the Transport for London website.

    Average traffic speeds (miles per hour) by functional sector of London. Working weekdays, by time period. TfL’s ‘network of interest’.

    Area and time period

    2007 speed (mph)

    2008 speed (mph)

    2009 speed (mph)

    2010 speed (mph)

    2011 speed (mph)

    2012 speed (mph)

    2013 speed (mph)

    2014 speed (mph)

    2015 speed (mph) first 6 months only

    Central am peak

    9.4

    9.1

    9.4

    9.4

    9.3

    9.3

    9.4

    8.9

    8.3

    Central inter-peak

    8.5

    8.3

    8.8

    8.7

    8.5

    8.5

    8.5

    8.1

    7.3

    Central pm peak

    9

    8.9

    8.9

    8.7

    8.6

    8.8

    8.6

    8.3

    7.8

    Inner am peak

    12.6

    12.4

    12.9

    12.7

    12.7

    12.6

    12.4

    11.9

    11.1

    Inner inter-peak

    13.1

    13

    13.3

    13.4

    13.3

    13.2

    13.2

    12.8

    12.2

    Inner PM peak

    11.4

    11.4

    11.2

    11.5

    11.4

    11.4

    11.2

    10.6

    10.3

    Outer am peak

    19.3

    19.6

    20.1

    20

    20.1

    19.9

    19.5

    18.6

    17.7

    Outer inter-peak

    21.3

    21.4

    21.4

    21.6

    21.6

    21.7

    21.8

    21.1

    21

    Outer pm peak

    18.3

    18.6

    18.3

    18.5

    18.5

    18.5

    18.1

    17.1

    16.9

  • Lord Smith of Clifton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Lord Smith of Clifton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Smith of Clifton on 2016-10-10.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that deafblind people and those with complex needs are not prevented from securing meaningful employment due to low expectations of the professionals who are charged with supporting them into work.

    Lord Freud

    In the last three years, the number of disabled people in work has increased by almost half a million. But we recognise that the gap between the employment rates of disabled people and non-disabled people remains too large. That is why we are committed to halving it.

    We will soon publish a Green Paper on work and health.

    All Stakeholders have an important part to play in making the transformative changes required so that everyone has the chance to go as far as their talents will take them, including people who are deafblind and those with complex needs.