Bristol East

Kerry McCarthy

  • Labour MP
  • PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Department for International Development.
  • Majority of 8,621.
  • Signed 2 Transport EDMs in this session.
  • Used transport-related words in debates 102 times since May 2001.

Written Questions to DfT

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport… (18 since May 2001)

  • if she will place in the Library a copy of the outline business case prepared by the Department for Transport Board on outsourcing the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. (7/7/2008)
  • with reference to the answer of 23 July 2007, Official Report, column 767W, on Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, what progress has been made on the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency's study into the possible outsourcing of elements of its work. (9/1/2008)
  • how many staff were employed by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in each of the last three years; and what percentage of these were employed on (a) a supply, (b) a temporary and (c) an agency basis. (25/7/2007)
  • how much has been paid by the Department in consultancy fees to Deloitte and Touche in respect of its study into the possible outsourcing of elements of the work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. (24/7/2007)
  • when she plans to consult on changes to the UK's MOT testing regime. (23/7/2007)

Roads

  • 1 miles of motorway
  • 15 miles of A-road
  • 6 miles of B-road
  • 114 miles of minor roads

Unleaded prices

  • Highest: 112.9p (Texaco, Easton Road, Easton)
  • Median: 107.6p
  • Lowest: 102p (Tesco Extra, Callington Road, Brislington)
7th most congested
2nd most accidents
562nd highest fuel price

Recent incidents

  • A432 Stapleton Road both ways closed due to police incident between A4320 Easton Way and A420 Trinity Road (6:56am, 25/8/2008)
  • Exit slip road partially blocked and queueing traffic due to accident on M32 out of town at J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) (10:26am, 19/8/2008)
  • Queueing traffic and one lane closed due to earlier accident on M32 Northbound between J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) and J1 A4174 (Hambrook) (11:17am, 17/8/2008)
  • One lane blocked and slow traffic due to accident on M32 Northbound between J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) and J1 A4174 (Hambrook) (3:42pm, 16/8/2008)
  • One lane blocked and queueing traffic due to accident on M32 Southbound at J3 A4320 / B4051 (St Pauls), congestion to J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) (8:12am, 29/7/2008)
  • Reports of slow traffic due to accident on M32 at J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) (7:11pm, 16/7/2008)
  • One lane blocked due to broken down car and people on the road on M32 Southbound between J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) and J3 A4320 / B4051 (St Pauls) (2:36pm, 6/7/2008)
  • One lane closed due to emergency repairs on M32 Northbound between J3 A4320 / B4051 (St Pauls) and J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) (12:49am, 11/6/2008)
  • Slow traffic due to rolling road block and debris on road on M32 Southbound after J2 A432 / B4058 / B4469 (Eastville) (11:42am, 7/6/2008)
  • A432 Stapleton Road both ways closed, slow traffic due to police incident between Lansdown Road and Walton Street (11:13am, 7/6/2008)