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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October 2002, 391 c158W, on aviation fuel, if he will estimate the total United Kingdom air passenger demand in 2030 if agreement is reached in ICAO to impose an international tax on aviation fuel equivalent to...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

392 c446W;392 c456W; 78548

House

House of Commons

Macdonald of Tradeston, Lord

Whether they are consulted by London Underground about special arrangements made to meet extra demand for its services during half-term school holidays; and whether they have requested any changes in current arrangements. [HL 6356].

Asked by

Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

640 c93WA; HL 6356

House

House of Lords

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information is collated by his Department on bus passengers and bus passenger miles travelled in Greater London in each year since 1997; what estimate his Department has made for 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. - Including ref to...

Asked by

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 October 2002

For answer on

5 November 2002

Answered on

5 November 2002

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information is collated by his Department on bus passengers and bus passenger miles travelled in Greater London in each year since 1997; what estimate his Department has made for 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. [79634] Mr. Jamieson: The Department collects information on the number of bus passenger journeys made each year in Greater London, details are set out as follows: In addition, the National Travel Survey collects information on the characteristics of bus passengers in Greater London (but excludes foreign tourists) and details of journey purpose and frequency. Although not collected by the Department, details of the bus passenger satisfaction survey sponsored by Transport for London (TfL) are published by the Department each quarter in "Transport Statistics Bulletin: Bus Quality Indicators: England", which is held in the Libraries of the House. The Department does not collect or collate information on bus passenger miles travelled in Greater London, although details can be found in the TfL publication, "Transport Statistics for London 2001" (also in the Library). Bus passenger journeys in Greater London _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Passenger journeys million 19997-98 1,294 1998-99 1,279 1999-2000 1,307 2000-01 1,359 2001-02 1,434 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department for Transport annual survey of public service vehicle operators and Transport for London.

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

392 c144-5W;392 c157W; 79634

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what route mileage was served, and how many passengers were carried, on London Buses in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. - Including table.

Asked by

Lord Horam (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 October 2002

For answer on

5 November 2002

Answered on

5 November 2002

Mr Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what route mileage was served, and how many passengers were carried, on London Buses in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [77896] Mr. Jamieson: The number of bus passenger journeys and vehicle kilometres in London over the last ten years have been compiled from the Department's annual survey of bus and coach operators and information received from Transport for London (TfL). The figures include journeys on a small number of routes not contracted to TfL. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Passenger journeys million Vehicle kilometres million 1991 to 1992 1,149 316 1992 to 1993 1,129 330 1993 to 1994 1,117 343 1994 to 1995 1,167 356 1995 to 1996 1,205 353 1996 to 1997 1,242 342 1997 to 1998 1,294 362 1998 to 1999 1,279 358 1999 to 2000 1,307 366 2000 to 2001 1,359 373 2001 to 2002 P 1,434 380 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. P provisional figures. Source: DfT and TfL

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

77896; 392 c146-7W;392 c159W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much investment there was in the London rail commuter services in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; how many passengers were carried; and how many accidents there were in each of those years. - Including table...

Asked by

Lord Horam (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 October 2002

For answer on

5 November 2002

Answered on

5 November 2002

Mr. Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much investment there was in the London rail commuter services in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; how many passengers were carried; and how many accidents there were in each of those years. [77897] Mr. Jamieson: Since many rail investment projects benefit more than one part of the country, it is not possible to provide an accurate regional breakdown of total rail investment. The table shows, for 1992-93 and 1993-94, the amount of public service obligation grant paid to British Rail in respect of its Network SouthEast (NSE) sector; and, for each of the six years from 1996-97 to 2001-02, Government support paid to London & South East (L&SE) train operating companies (TOCs): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million cash prices 1992 to 1993 525 1993 to 1994 372 1996 to 1997 5731 1997 to 1998 464 1999 to 2000 271 2000 to 2001 175 2001 to 2002 90 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures for Government support to L&SE TOCs in 1994-95 and 1995-96 are not readily available. 1 Support for Passenger Rail Services paid by the Franchising Director to British Rail, and from the point of franchise to private sector franchisees, in respect of L&SE TOCs.

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

77897; 392 c149W;392 c161-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 15th January 2002, 378 c208W, what plans he has to introduce legislation to provide powers to impose a levy to recoup the costs of the Air Travel Trust Fund; what action he plans to take to defray...

Asked by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

78797; 392 c144W;392 c156-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much investment there was in the London Underground, and how many passengers were carried, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available;what proportion of total investment in London Underground has gone into building the Jubilee line in...

Asked by

Lord Horam (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

392 c147W;392 c159-60W; 77894;77899

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

Statement on what obligations there are on public transport providers to provide access for passengers with disabilities.

Asked by

Linda Perham (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 October 2002

For answer on

4 November 2002

Answered on

4 November 2002

Linda Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what obligations there are on public transport providers to provide access for passengers with disabilities. [79052] Mr. Jamieson: Part V of the Disability Discrimination Act gives the Secretary of State powers to introduce regulations requiring public transport to be accessible to disabled people, including those who need to travel in a wheelchair. Under these regulations all new trains (including light rail and underground) which have come into service since January 1999 have been required to meet comprehensive accessibility standards. Similar regulations have applied since January 2000 to all new buses with a capacity of over 22 passengers used on local or scheduled service. Some requirements to help ambulant disabled people and those with visual impairment use coaches and smaller buses have also been introduced but full wheelchair access will not be required for these vehicles until January 2005 because of the technical and operational challenges that remain. Regulations, which came into force on 1 October this year, also place obligations on bus drivers and conductors to assist disabled passengers. Transport infrastructure, including bus and railway stations is covered by Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act which has placed duties on service providers since October 1999 to amend policies or practices which discriminate against disabled people. From October 2004 these duties will extend to the removal of physical barriers to access.

Legislation

Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Date

4 November 2002

Reference

79052; 392 c5W

House

House of Commons

Railways (Heathrow Express) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 2002

SI 2002/2703 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 1 December 2002

Department

Department for Transport

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

1 November 2002

Reference

SI 2002/2703

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, 391 c157-8W, on air passengers, if he will estimate the forecast for air travel in 2030 based on a 1 per cent. per annum increase in air fares in real terms over the forecasting period....

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 October 2002

Reference

78547; 391 c979W;391 c989W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of asking train and freight operating companies to purchase cheaper rolling stock than that envisaged in the Strategic Rail Authority's consultation document West Coast Strategy; what estimate his Department has made of the...

Asked by

Gordon Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 October 2002

Reference

391 c865W;391 c860-1W; 77612;77608;77611

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Lords statement on what action is being taken to tackle cross-Channel smuggling. - Inc figures. [HL 6255].

Asked by

Lord Graham of Edmonton (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2002

Reference

640 c18-21WA; HL 6255

House

House of Lords

Treasury

Statement on what action is being taken to tackle cross-channel smuggling; and if he will make a statement. (Review in Library Dep 02/2145). - Inc figure.

Asked by

Jackie Lawrence (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 October 2002

For answer on

29 October 2002

Answered on

29 October 2002

Mrs. Lawrence: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action is being taken to tackle cross-channel smuggling; and if he will make a statement. [78321] John Healey: Tobacco smuggling grew very rapidly in the late 1990s until, by 2000-01, over 20 per cent. of the cigarette market was illicit. The cost of that tobacco smuggling to UK taxpayers was £3.5 billion. A further 6 per cent. of the market was legally non-tax paid product bought abroad and brought back for own use. The great majority of cigarette smuggling is undertaken by serious and organised criminals who conceal large volumes of cigarettes in excess of 1 million at a time in freight consignments. In 2000 a smaller proportion was smuggled by cross-channel passengers. However in that year the total cost of such passenger excise smuggling was still £1.7 billion. Had no action been taken over the past two years Customs and Excise estimate that the illicit share of the cigarette market would have reached 31 per cent. by the end of March 2002. Since the launch of the Tackling Tobacco Strategy in March 2000, Customs and Excise have been successful in containing growth in the illicit cigarette market, disrupted over 100 organised crime gangs responsible for the vast majority of the smuggling, and have had dramatic success in cutting losses from cross-channel passenger smuggling by almost three-quarters. Figures for 2001-02, the second year of this strategy, will be published at the time of the pre-Budget report and I anticipate they will show that the strategy remains on track. In the same period consumer expenditure on legitimate cross-border shopping for alcohol and tobacco has grown by 10 per cent. In 2000-01 Customs seized 2.8 billion cigarettes. Of these, 0.9 billion were seized overseas through the work of the Customs Overseas Liaison Officer network, a further 1.2 billion were seized in freight consignments, 400 million were seized inland and 55 million were seized at the ports from cross-channel passenger smugglers. The sole focus of Customs excise enforcement activity in respect of cross-channel passenger traffic is to tackle those who smuggle tobacco or alcohol, having received or intending to receive money or money's worth for those goods. The Government have consistently made clear that people are entitled to bring into the UK without liability to tax as much EU tax-paid tobacco or alcohol as they wish for their own use. Customs literature also makes this clear. Just one-tenth of 1 per cent. of those who have crossed the channel in the past two years have had tobacco or alcohol seized by Customs. Since the start of the strategy, the average quantity seized by Customs from cross-channel passenger smugglers was approximately 4,900 cigarettes and 15 kilos of hand rolling tobacco (equivalent to at least 18,000 cigarettes). Of the 0.1 per cent. of cross-channel passengers who had tobacco or alcohol seized in the years 2000-01 and 2001-02 over 75 per cent. chose not to make any sort of appeal against that seizure. Of those that did appeal, magistrates courts overwhelmingly backed the judgments made by Customs, and found against Customs in less than 0.1 per cent. of cases, and only 1 per cent. of cases were either overturned or restored by a Customs review officer or by an independent tribunal. Building on the success of the Budget 2000 anti- smuggling measures, I am today announcing the next stage of the Tackling Tobacco Strategy. Despite cross- channel tobacco smuggling having been cut by around three-quarters in the past two years, smugglers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to blend in with honest shoppers. So the measures I am announcing today will help make the distinction between smugglers and honest shoppers even clearer. The measures make clear that Customs activity is legal and fair but tough upon those who attempt to smuggle. It comprises the following components: Regulations will be laid before Parliament today to abolish the 1992 Personal Reliefs Order and replace it with new provisions that: effectively define shopping and smuggling, specify the factors Customs will take into account in distinguishing one from the other and place the onus for that decision upon Customs; reaffirm that all Customs stops are lawful and those for excise specific purposes based on reasonable grounds for suspicion; increase the Indicative Levels for tobacco from 800 to 3,200 cigarettes and from 1 to 3kgs of hand rolling tobacco, representing around six-months supply for an average smoker. Those bringing back larger quantities of tobacco must expect, if asked, to explain how it is that such goods are for their own use. Customs will continue to seize quantities below these levels as well as above them where they are satisfied that those goods are intended for resale or other exchange for money or money's worth. In addition, the announcements I am making today will confirm that: Vehicles used to smuggle tobacco or alcohol will continue to be liable to seizure but for small first offences Customs will offer restoration of the vehicle for the value of the attempted revenue evasion. Those who use vehicles to smuggle on a large scale or a repeat basis will not be offered such an opportunity and must expect to lose their vehicles. A new clearer guide to appealing/complaining is being published by Customs today and will be given to all those who have goods seized or wish to complain about Customs behaviour towards them. I have asked Customs to undertake, in conjunction with the Lord Chancellor's Department, a review of the present appeals structure and to present proposals for streamlining and simplifying these arrangements to me by the end of January 2003. The Terms of Reference will be available today in the Library of the House and on the Customs website (), together with details for submitting contributions. Having brought cross-channel passenger smuggling under control the Government is determined that it should remain so. To this end, Customs expect to conduct an increased number of prosecutions against large scale and serial cross-channel passenger smugglers. Violence against Customs officers in the course of carrying out their duties will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Customs will toughen their policy and prosecute anyone who perpetrates serious assaults on staff. This set of measures provides the public with a clear guide to their right to shop for alcohol or tobacco for their own use within the EU and to the consequences for those who attempt to evade tax in bringing in such goods having received or intending to receive money or money's worth for some or all of them. It will also enable Customs to continue to prevent the smuggling of tobacco or alcohol and the disorder which accompanies such smuggling from ruining the enjoyment of honest cross-border shoppers. It will also enable Customs to prevent the smugglers from undermining the UK economy in alcohol or tobacco products and from depriving our public services of essential tax revenues. Customs will act fairly and in accordance with the law but they will also act firmly and with the full weight of sanctions against those who break the law.

Date

29 October 2002

Reference

78321; 391 c686-8W;391 c694-6W

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Answered by

Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

639 c1326,1329

House

House of Lords

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

1st supplementary on public transport and road safety targets.

Asked by

Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

639 c1326,1329

House

House of Lords

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Answered by

Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

639 c1326,1329

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the practice of his officials to search the luggage of all passengers boarding Euorstar at Waterloo Station; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Humfrey Malins (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

75404; 391 c337W

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Whether the progress of the 10 year transplan is satisfactory. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

639 c1326,1329

House

House of Lords

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department projects the level of rail passenger (a) journeys, (b) kilometres and (c) passengers in the United Kingdom will be by 2004-05; and how these figures were calculated. - Inc ref to 'Transport 2010 - The Background Analysis', in Library.

Asked by

Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 October 2002

Reference

75602; 391 c156W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate this impact on the forecast for total United Kingdom air passengers in 2030 if the assumption in his consultation paper of a 1.5 per cent. annual fall in the cost of air travel were replaced by an assumed...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 October 2002

Reference

391 c157-8W; 75035

House

House of Commons

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Department

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Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

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