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1521558

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that there is adequate monitoring and oversight of the construction of HS2.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	901617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport monitors the construction of HS2 through formal mechanisms such as the HS2 Development Agreement, and a number of supporting forums which assess whether HS2 is being delivered to budget and schedule, and in accordance with the commitments which accompany both HS2 Acts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also deploys a team of independent Construction Inspectors to provide independent scrutiny of construction, as well as its impact on communities and residents.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 14:20:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1521560

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to implement Transport for the North’s preferred option for Northern Powerhouse Rail.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	901620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear the Government wants to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail in full. We intend to engage leaders and honourable members from the North in reaching decisions on the detail of how we deliver this.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 14:21:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1521561

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help improve the (a) reliability and (b) frequency of Avanti West Coast train services.
tabling member constituency	Macclesfield
tabling member printed	David Rutley
uin	901621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has placed Avanti West Coast on a short-term contract and challenged it to deliver the urgent improvement in services required.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 14:22:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4033 label Biography information for David Rutley

1520457

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many work stations were available for civil servants to use in the headquarters of her Department on 11 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	61203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>At the Department’s main headquarters building in London there are 1668 work spaces available for use.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/10/2022 13:38:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1520657

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Carbon Emissions and Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on electrification of the Snow Hill Lines; and what steps she is taking to help deliver zero-carbon rail on those lines.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	61285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>In the Transport Decarbonisation Plan the government committed to deliver a net zero rail network by 2050. To do so we will electrify additional lines and deploy battery and hydrogen trains on lines where it makes economic and operational sense.</p><p>No decision has yet been taken on the approach which will be used in decarbonisation of the Snow Hill Lines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/10/2022 09:51:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1520807

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern: Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date in 2021 her Department approved the payment of a £30,000,000 dividend by London and Southeastern Railways Ltd under the terms of its Emergency Measures Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	61230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>London and South Eastern Railway Limited (LSER) were within the contractual financial ratios and the Department was not required to give approval to allow it to make the dividend payment.</p><p> </p><p>The dividend payment was therefore a matter for LSER and its owning group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/10/2022 09:54:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1518886

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she had with rail operators on recruitment of train drivers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has ongoing discussions with train operating companies on a range of matters, including on recruitment of train drivers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 14:33:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1518898

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Batteries and Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the first (a) hydrogen, and (b) battery train will be in commercial operation on the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the start of 2019, the department has provided over £4m funding through Innovate UK-run First of a Kind competitions for new traction technologies which will help decarbonise the railway.</p><p> </p><p>Great Western Railway has signed a deal which will see the first battery-only train enter scheduled passenger service on the Greenford Line on the UK rail network next year, also trialling Vivarail’s new fast charger. The trial is supported by £2.15m funding from the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of specific hydrogen trains on the UK rail network has not been confirmed yet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 15:37:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1519735

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to urge Southeastern Rail to reverse its decision on the reduction of train services and removal of destinations on some of its lines in December 2022 and hold a full consultation with passengers on any proposed changes to those services.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	59411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The new timetable has a very similar number of train services to today but will be structured to better match space on trains with demand and therefore be more efficient.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic train operators have had to move at pace to re-write timetables and we are still coming out of a fluctuating situation with customer numbers. The Department for Transport has agreed to allow train operators to continue to implement, demand-led timetables without formal public consultations, during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Ending First Class provision on Southeastern services is a move we endorse and will not implement a policy to reverse this change to services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 15:16:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1519736

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern Trains: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Southeastern Rail on that operator's planned timetable changes.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	59412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has recently engaged on Southeastern’s proposed timetable changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 15:18:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford