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454292

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date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Matthew Hancock) on 29 February 2016, UIN 27946 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=1604&amp;dept=53&amp;uin=27946" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=1604&amp;dept=53&amp;uin=27946</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/03/2016 10:26:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454293

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's wellness strategy is.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to the health and wellbeing of its staff and has developed a wellbeing strategy with a ‘5 steps to improve wellbeing’ approach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/03/2016 10:13:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454296

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Underground: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on passenger safety of reduced staff numbers on London Underground.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	28030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The safety of customers and staff is the top priority of Transport for London (TfL). TfL work as a team with London Underground (LU), the police, emergency services and my department, to prepare for, and deal with, incidents that threaten the security of the transport network. Station staff are supported by the LU Control Centre, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, working closely with the police, with access to CCTV cameras and other systems in order to manage and respond to incidents.</p><p> </p><p>LU will continue to ensure there are sufficient staff in place to maintain each station’s security, congestion control and emergency plans.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/03/2016 08:50:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

454297

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Underground: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on passenger safety of reducing staffing at control rooms on London Underground.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	28031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The department is confident that the changes introduced by Transport for London will not have a detrimental impact on passenger safety on the London Underground.</p><p> </p><p>Not every London Underground (LU) station has a Station Control Room, as they are not a safety or security requirement at all stations. In advance of making the recent changes, LU reviewed the requirement for a Control Room at each station to determine their necessity based on individual station and staff needs.</p><p> </p><p>At some locations it was decided that there was no longer a requirement for a Control Room as there were better ways to provide Control Room functionality in the station. Moving station staff into customer facing areas increases their ability to identify suspicious behaviour and to report it.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/03/2016 09:12:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

454298

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Underground: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with London Underground (LU) on the effect on passenger safety of reducing staffing on LU.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	28032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Ministers and officials have regular meetings with Transport for London (TfL) where many issues are discussed, including TfL’s plans to change the way Underground stations are operated and staffed, and to improve the service they provide to customers. I am assured that the changes introduced by TfL will not have a detrimental impact on passenger safety.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/03/2016 09:21:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

454308

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Traffic Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will support changing the Air Traffic Management in the Future Airspace Strategy to give residents a higher priority than commercial interests.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	27846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s ongoing review of its airspace and noise policies, consideration is being given to ensuring that an appropriate balance exists between the beneficiaries of airspace changes and residents who may be affected by them.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/03/2016 08:26:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

454320

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Regional Air Connectivity Fund has not yet been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	28118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Regional Air Connectivity Fund was announced by the previous Government to provide up to £20 million annually to maintain existing domestic air routes to London that may be withdrawn, and to support new air routes from airports handling fewer than 5 million passengers per annum though start-up aid.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already made £5.2 million available to maintain the existing air links between Dundee and Stansted airports, and between Newquay and Gatwick airports, and will continue to consider support for other routes that may be withdrawn.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department last year undertook a tender process for airlines to bid for funding for start-up aid for new air routes. A total of eleven bids were received and the government announced last November that up to £7 million would be provided to support all eleven routes. It is now for the airlines to start operating these routes, with payments from the fund made upon delivery of the agreed service.</p><p> </p><p>We are now considering whether to take forward further start-up funding rounds and will make an announcement later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/03/2016 16:45:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

453641

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 28 November 2014 to Question 215333, what amount was paid to Transport for London in relation to the decision to raise Transport for London rail fares by the retail price index in January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport compensated Transport for London (TfL) in full for the projected impact on their revenues of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s September 2014 announcement on regulated rail fares. The Department did this by paying TfL an additional £43 million, spread over two financial years (£7m in 2014/15, and £36m in 2015/16), by means of a variation to their core grant (the GLA transport grant, paid under section 101 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999). This followed consultation with HM Treasury and with the Greater London Authority.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/02/2016 16:25:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453838

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's invoices for goods and services supplied by (a) private companies and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are completed on time; and what proportion of the (i) number and (ii) value of contracts between his Department and private companies are held by SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	27780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of the Department’s undisputed invoices for goods and services paid on time is set out in the table below, and published at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/department-for-transport-prompt-payment" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/department-for-transport-prompt-payment</a>. The Department paid over 95% of its total invoices within 5 working days in the first three quarters of 2015/16. The data is not currently broken down by private companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2015/2016</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Percentage of invoices paid within 5 days.</p></td><td><p>Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>DFTc</p></td><td><p>87.50%</p></td><td><p>97.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>95.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>97.60%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>Highways England</p></td><td><p>97.40%</p></td><td><p>99.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>71.90%</p></td><td><p>92.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>96.00%</p></td><td><p>98.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>Group Total</p></td><td><p>95.00%</p></td><td><p>99.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>DFTc</p></td><td><p>87.80%</p></td><td><p>98.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>94.70%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>99.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>Highways England</p></td><td><p>97.20%</p></td><td><p>99.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>72.80%</p></td><td><p>95.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>98.00%</p></td><td><p>99.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>Group Total</p></td><td><p>95.20%</p></td><td><p>99.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>DFTc</p></td><td><p>91.30%</p></td><td><p>99.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>84.80%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>99.70%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>Highways England</p></td><td><p>98.80%</p></td><td><p>99.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>80.50%</p></td><td><p>96.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>98.30%</p></td><td><p>99.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>Group Total</p></td><td><p>97.60%</p></td><td><p>99.70%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2014/15, 32.2%<sup>1</sup> of the Department’s direct and indirect procurement spend was through SMEs, and 48%<sup>2</sup> of the Department’s direct suppliers were SMEs. The Department does not currently hold data on the number and value of contracts with SMEs. SME spend information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482638/Publication_of_1415SpendUpdate__1___1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482638/Publication_of_1415SpendUpdate__1___1_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Figures exclude Network Rail, which was reclassified during 2014/15.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Figures exclude any direct suppliers whose size is unclassified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/02/2016 15:02:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint