20 Most Recent Stories From Norman Baker's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Tue 27th Jul 2010:

Severn Bridge: Tolls | Transport | Written Answers.

In March this year, an amendment was made to the Severn Bridges Regulations to allow card payments to be accepted at the tolls. Work has started to amend the tolling software to accept credit and...

Roads: Metals | Transport | Written Answers.

The Department for Transport has no plans to make such an estimate. It is for each highway authority (or, in the case of utility apparatus covers, the relevant utility company) to determine the...

Road Traffic: Economic Situation | Transport | Written Answers.

The 2006 Eddington Study estimated that, using the Department for Transport's National Transport Model, the direct costs of congestion to business could rise by £10-12 billion from 2003 to...

Road Traffic Offences: Fines | Transport | Written Answers.

We have no plans to adopt the policy the hon. Member suggests. A motorist served with a penalty charge notice for parking in contravention of regulations under Part 6 of the Traffic Management...

Public Transport: Disability | Transport | Written Answers.

The Department is committed to ensuring that public transport works for everyone, including disabled people. By law, all newly built or refurbished public transport vehicles must be accessible to...

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions | Transport | Written Answers.

We will implement a full programme of measures to ensure that the transport sector contributes to both economic growth and the achievement of the Government's climate change targets. We are...

Lobbying | Transport | Written Answers.

HMT issued guidance to all Departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies in March 2010, in the form of a document entitled "Reforming Arm's Length Bodies". Rule 4 and para 3.1.1. of...

Hotels | Transport | Written Answers.

Hotel costs for Department for Transport (c) and four of its agencies are contained in the following table. The information does not differentiate between Ministers and officials. The figures for...

Electric Vehicles | Transport | Written Answers.

The Department for Transport is currently considering in detail the provision of direct support for purchases of low-carbon vehicles, including electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, and will make...

Departmental Travel | Transport | Written Answers.

As set out in the Ministerial Code each Department will publish, at least quarterly, details of all travel overseas by Ministers. Information for the first quarter will be published as soon as it...

Departmental Security | Transport | Written Answers.

The Department for Transport was formed in 2002 and includes the Central Department, seven Executive Agencies and a Shared Service Centre. The Department also sponsors a number of non-...

Departmental Regulation | Transport | Written Answers.

In the Budget the Government announced plans for reducing the regulatory burdens on business, including the introduction of a one-in-one out system for new regulations and a fundamental review of...

Departmental Photographs | Transport | Written Answers.

The Department for Transport has spent £550 plus VAT on official ministerial photographs since the formation of the new Government. The Secretary of State has subsequently directed that...

Departmental Official Hospitality | Transport | Written Answers.

Expenditure by the Department for Transport on hospitality in the four most recent years was as follows: £ 2006-07 648,657 2007-08 737,971 2008-09 694,991 2009-10...

Departmental Equal Opportunities | Transport | Written Answers.

The Department for Transport has spent the following amounts: (a) Total (including staff costs) in promoting diversity, and fulfilling statutory obligations, in each of the last three...

Departmental Electronic Equipment | Transport | Written Answers.

The information is as follows: (a) ICT training in the central Department is split into two parts: (i) General staff training in the use of equipment for either desktop or laptop computers is...

Departmental Buildings | Transport | Written Answers.

The Department for Transport occupies the following headquarter buildings in (a) London and (b) elsewhere in the UK: (a) Great Minster House, 55 Victoria Street, Southside, 123 Buckingham...

Departmental Billing | Transport | Written Answers.

The 10-day target has been replaced with a five-day target, and information is recorded on this basis. The percentage of invoices paid within five days of receipt for the Department and its...

Departmental Billing | Transport | Written Answers.

In general, the Department for Transport does not hold information on the time taken by contractors it employs to pay sub-contractors. Although the Highways Agency, for instance, has undertaken...

Cycling: West Midlands | Transport | Written Answers.

The Government made a clear commitment to support cycling in the coalition agreement. In 2010-11, we are funding two cycle towns in the West Midlands (Shrewsbury and Stoke-on-Trent) as well as...

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