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520924

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Spaceflight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the overall cost to the public purse of his Department's work on the consideration of the potential site for a UK spaceport.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	37788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>During the Queen’s Speech Transport debate on 19 May, the Secretary of State noted that a range of viable spaceport options had been put forward and that the Department supported those bids. The Secretary of State also set out that the Modern Transport Bill will create the right framework for the market to select what the best location for a UK spaceport will be. The Government’s ambition is that the United Kingdom’s space economy should account for 10% of the global space economy by 2030 - worth some £40 billion per year. In support of this innovative sector, the Department, working with the Civil Aviation Authority, UK Space Agency and interested businesses, has allocated nearly £3.3m within this Parliament to legislate and establish a safe regulatory framework to enable commercial spaceflight in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/05/2016 13:58:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

519350

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
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 27 October 2015 to Question 13105, on cycling, if he will (a) update the table provided in that Answer to include the year 2015-16 and (b) provide a version of that table that excludes Cycle Ambition Cities funding from the regional breakdown of per capita spend.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	37538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>In response to part a) of your question, spend on cycling in 2015-16 was:</p><ul><li>Bikeability: £11.7m</li><li>Cycle Rail: £14.0m (plus matched funding of £2.10m)</li><li>Cycle Ambition Cities: £15.0m (plus matched funding of £5.10m)</li><li>Highways England: £16.7m</li><li>LSTF: £64.50m</li><li>Local Growth Fund: £60.80m</li><li>Integrated Transport Block: £28.40m</li><li>Transport for London: £145m</li></ul><p><strong>TOTAL: £363.3m, or £7 per head in 2015/16.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Of these programmes, we can provide regional breakdown per head for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, Cycle Rail, Transport for London and Cycle Ambition Cities, totalling £238.5m.</p><p> </p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>15/16 regional spend per head (£) for selected programmes</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Regional spend per head (£) for selected programmes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North East</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North West</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>South East</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>South West</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note these figures do not provide a total regional spend per head and spend on the ground will be significantly greater.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining programmes total £124.80m. We do not hold a breakdown of regional funding by mode for the Integrated Transport Block, Local Growth Fund, Bikeability and Highways England.</p><p> </p><p>In response to part b) of your question, please find below a version of the table from Question 13105 excluding the Cycle Ambition Cities.</p><p> </p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>Regional spend per head (excluding Cycle Ambition Cities)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Regional spend per head (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North East</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North West</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>South East</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>South West</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>DfT spend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/05/2016 14:05:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

518309

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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
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 9 May 2016 to Question 36401, whether the Cabinet Secretary's involvement in the Infrastructure and Projects Authority's review of High Speed 2 was requested or authorised by a Minister; and what the membership is of the small cross-government team referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s (IPA’s) support to the HS2 Programme is part of the normal assurance process for projects of this size, as mandated by Ministers. The Cabinet Secretary’s involvement is also normal for projects on the scale of HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The IPA’s role on the Government's Major Projects Portfolio is to provide expertise in infrastructure and the financing, delivery and assurance of major projects, to support more effective management and delivery across government. The cross government assurance involves relevant experts from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, the Department for Transport, HM Treasury and HS2 Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2016 07:50:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

517349

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Cabinet Secretary is undertaking a review of High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>As is normal for large projects, the Cabinet Office’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority is conducting assurance of the HS2 programme as it proceeds into its delivery phase.</p><p> </p><p>It is standard practice for this to include a small cross Government team, and not unusual for the Cabinet Secretary to take an interest on projects of this scale.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/05/2016 15:39:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

517550

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the membership is of his Department's Board Investment and Commercial Sub Committee.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Board Investment and Commercial Sub-Committee is chaired by the Permanent Secretary. Its membership consists of: the Directors General, the Directors for Corporate Finance, Group Finance, Analysis &amp; Strategy, Group Commercial Services, and Group Assurance; the Department’s Commercial Adviser; the Director of Legal; and the Lead Non-Executive Board Member. Other Non-Executive Board Members attend by invitation.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/05/2016 15:25:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

517563

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the potential effect of the latest version of the Fourth Railway Package would be on the ability of his Department to directly award passenger service contracts to public sector operators, as defined by section 25(1) of the Railways Act 1993.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The Fourth Railway Package has no impact on this provision of domestic primary legislation, which prohibits the award of passenger rail franchises to public sector operators. The EU legislation would not itself prohibit awards to public service operators if in future the domestic prohibition were removed. Similarly, section 30 of the Railways Act 1993, which puts the franchising authority under a duty to secure the continuity of services – including by directly operating the services – will continue to apply.</p><p> </p><p>The current text of the Fourth Railway Package permits direct awards, including to public sector operators, in a range of circumstances including where they can be justified by the characteristics of the network and potential benefits to passengers.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/05/2016 08:49:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

517246

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's expenditure was on external room or venue hire in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16; and what the proportion of such expenditure was on such hire in London in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the expenditure on external room and venue hire in the financial years listed:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£859,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£455,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£663,479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£741,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£797,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£940,775</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Over the above 6 years the average annual expenditure was £743,140. The spend in 2009-10 was £819,612.</p><p> </p><p>The response covers the core department and three of its four executive agencies (Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). The Vehicle Certification Agency’s finance system does not separately identify expenditure on room and venue hire.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify the proportion of this expenditure incurred in London.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/05/2016 14:38:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

516821

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average annual spend on cycling per head is in each of the Cycle Ambition Cities on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cycling Cities Ambition Grants </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16 through to 2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birmingham </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bristol</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11.78</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cambridge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£12.87</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leeds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10.09</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Manchester</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11.52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Newcastle</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10.43</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Norwich</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£13.46</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oxford </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10.66</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The above table reflects the Department’s Cycling Cities Ambition grants and local match funding.</p><p> </p><p>There may be other funding programmes which would increase the Cycling Ambition Cities figures provided in the table above, but we do not hold information on details such as spend per head for these programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/05/2016 13:40:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

516884

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total value of loan and grant funding from EU institutions for transport projects in the UK in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The European Budget has a number of mechanisms for providing grant funding to transport projects including the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) and the Horizon 2020 Research Programme. The Department has responsibility for UK involvement in the Transport component of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and its predecessor the Trans- European Transport Network (TEN-T). ERDF and the Horizon 2020 programmes are the responsibility of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p> </p><p>From 2006 – 2013 the UK was involved in 53 projects that were awarded over €280 million in funding from the TEN-T programme.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the CEF in 2014 the UK has been involved in 30 projects that were awarded around €190 million in funding.</p><p> </p><p>A full list of transport projects (involving UK participants) that have been awarded funding from the CEF and the TEN-T programme is available on the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency web-site:</p><p>TEN-T</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/inea/ten-t/ten-t-projects/projects-by-country/united-kingdom" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/inea/ten-t/ten-t-projects/projects-by-country/united-kingdom</a></p><p>CEF</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-transport/projects-by-country/united-kingdom" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-transport/projects-by-country/united-kingdom</a></p><p> </p><p>The web-site includes an overview of the project, the participants, the implementation schedule and the amount of funding awarded.</p><p>Information on loans made to UK transport projects by the European Investment Bank (EIB) is available on their website.</p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loans/sectors/transports.htm" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loans/sectors/transports.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/05/2016 14:21:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

516885

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many apprentices were employed by (a) Network Rail, (b) Highways England or the Highways Agency and (c) HS2 Ltd on 15 March in each year from 2010 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	36207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The numbers of apprentices employed directly by Network Rail, Highways England or the Highways Agency, and HS2 Ltd. over the requested time period are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Network Rail</p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd.*</p></td><td><p>Highways England / Highways Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>398**</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* For HS2 Ltd, the majority of employment and apprenticeship opportunities will be provided through the supply chain. Construction is due to begin in 2017, following Royal Assent.</p><p>**plus a further 150 to start in September 2016 at level 3, and upwards of 100+ across other levels 2 to 7</p><p>Looking forward over this Parliament to 2020, the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy (January 2016) sets out our ambition to create 30,000 apprenticeships in the roads and rail sectors by 2020, in support of this government’s unprecedented investment in transport infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>This target includes the Department for Transport, its Agencies and infrastructure client bodies – Crossrail, Transport for London, Highways England Network Rail and HS2 Ltd, as well as each of their supply chains. Depending on the contract, suppliers will either create one apprenticeship for every £3 to £5m of taxpayers’ money spent, or increase the number of apprentices employed each year through the lifetime of the contract. In these cases the aim is that the number of apprenticeships created each year will equal 2.5% of the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/05/2016 14:39:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood