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581981

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Marine Accident Investigation Branch's report on the collision between the stern trawler MV Karen and a dived Royal Navy submarine in the Irish Sea on 15 April 2015 to be published.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	45928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s report of its investigation into this accident is due to be published in mid-October.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 15/09/2016 13:20:17 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

582086

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments his Department has made or is projected to make to Network Rail in respect of the rail network used by Govia Thameslink Railway for each financial year of the franchise period.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	46063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not make payments to Network Rail on a route by route basis.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/09/2016 09:41:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

582087

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) has been and (b) is the projected balance between the fee paid to Govia Thameslink Railway for delivering the current franchise and the income from fares for each financial year of the franchise period.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	46064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>As was stated when the franchise was awarded to Govia Thameslink Railway, the Thameslink Southern and Great Northern franchise is let as a management contract, where ticket revenues are passed directly to the Government rather than retained by Govia. This means that this franchise does not have premium/ subsidy payments.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of part (a) Prior year figures are published by the ORR: <a href="http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/gb-rail-industry-financial-information" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/gb-rail-industry-financial-information</a></p><p> </p><p>In relation to part (b), in February 2015 a Franchise Payment Profile was deposited in the Library of the house; this contained the following information with regard to Govia Thameslink Railway:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Franchises - current as at 25 Feb 2015 </strong></p><p><strong>Franchise Payment profile to 2023 (in NOMINAL £) </strong></p><p> </p><p>Caveats</p><p>All figures are based on current franchise agreements including the current estimates for Control Period 5 and fares policy adjustments. The figures do not include revenue support, revenue share, profit share, or adjustments for GDP.</p><p>All figures are subject to change in the future as a result of negotiated contractual changes and changes to inflation indices above or below that assumed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>275,405,206</p></td><td><p>403,760,328</p></td><td><p>424,690,456</p></td><td><p>404,131,348</p></td><td><p>497,212,369</p></td><td><p>587,111,514</p></td><td><p>303,608,193</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures represent the net balance between payments made under the Management Contract and revenue received, and indicate a payment from the Train Operating Company to the department.</p><p> </p><p>The moneys paid to the Department by the Train Operator contribute to the overall budget for the provision of passenger rail services.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to continuing to invest in passenger rail and, for example, we are investing more than £1.6billion of taxpayers’ money in new, longer, and more spacious Thameslink trains. We have also recently announced a targeted £20m fund, to be spent by Network Rail under project board authority, to help get Southern rail services back running as they should.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/09/2016 14:35:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

582090

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bypasses: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce when construction of the Isham bypass in Wellingborough constituency will (a) commence and (b) be finished.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	45987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the proposed Isham Bypass (also known as the A509 Wellingborough Development Link) was provisionally approved by the Government in 2014 as part of the Northamptonshire Growth Deal. This approval is subject to the scheme promoters, Northamptonshire County Council, obtaining any necessary statutory permissions and submitting to the Department a Final Business Case for approval.</p><p> </p><p>The Council expects to submit a Final Business Case in March 2017. Ministers will then make a final funding decision, as quickly as possible thereafter, on whether to support the scheme. The Council’s current programme is to start construction in September 2017 and to open the completed road in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/09/2016 14:22:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

582091

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45389, and with reference to his Department's press release, End of the road for grey speed cameras, published on 14 November 2015, how many camera sites that are on the motorway network currently contain working grey speed cameras; and what recent assessment he has made of Highways England's progress in meeting the target of painting all working speed cameras yellow by October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	45966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The current number of grey speed cameras on our network is 27. The Highways England programme of work is currently on target to ensure all grey speed cameras on the network are yellow by October 2016</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 15/09/2016 12:22:58 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

582092

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45155, at which stations will planned Control Period 5 Access for all improvements be deferred into Control Period 6 in connection with his decision to accept the Hendy Review.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	45967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>We are currently working with Network Rail to ensure that the majority of Access for All stations will have at least a design completed in this rail Control Period. This will ensure that stations that have construction deferred will be ready to start on site as early as possible once funding is available again in 2019/20. We expect to announce which stations will be affected shortly.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/09/2016 10:41:43 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

582099

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of accessible taxis.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	45915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Government is committed to giving disabled people the same access to transport services as other members of society. It also recognises the particularly significant role played by taxis and private hire vehicle (PHV) operators for many disabled people, in helping them to remain active and independent.</p><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities to specify a number of accessible vehicles to be within their licensed taxi and private hire vehicle fleet, and to take account of their public sector equality duties when doing so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/09/2016 14:32:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

582100

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve access to public transport for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	45938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises how important improving access to public transport is for disabled people and is committed to making transport more inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>Since its launch in 2006, the £390m Access for All rail programme (which was further extended with £160m in 2014) has delivered accessible routes at over 150 stations. There are also 68 further projects at various stages of construction or development.</p><p> </p><p>We also recognise that positive interactions with bus drivers can make a big difference to disabled people’s experience of taking the bus. We are working with the bus industry and disabled people to design best practice guidance in delivering disability awareness training which, we hope, will help to give bus drivers the skills and knowledge to assist every disabled passenger.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Bus Services Bill will specifically allow enhanced partnership schemes to require all buses within a local area to provide audible and visual next stop information. Authorities using the new franchising powers will be able to place similar requirements on affected operators. The Government has also agreed to consider amendments on this issue which were tabled during the Bill’s committee stage in the House of Lords.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to publish an Accessibility Action Plan for consultation by the end of the year which will present its ambition for further progress on this important agenda.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/09/2016 14:19:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

582101

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A14: Kettering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made on designing and planning the new junction 10A on the A14 near Kettering; and when that junction is expected to be built.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	45939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The scheme is currently in the options stage and the next stage is to hold a public consultation on those options. Any developments of local roads would be the responsibility of either the local authority or any developer that is involved in the development of the area.</p><p> </p><p>The current timescales for construction of the scheme are in line with the Governments Roads Investment Strategy 2015 -2020 statement with start of works proposed by March 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 15/09/2016 12:12:59 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

582105

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid in compensation for train delays by Network Rail to Govia Thameslink Railway related to Southern railway in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	45883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest information is published on Network Rail’s website - <a href="http://www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency/datasets/" target="_blank">http://www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency/datasets/</a> - covering the years 2012-13 to 2014-15.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/09/2016 13:53:20 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching