Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

997834

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on his Department chartering commercial roll-on roll-off ferries on the international market for operation between UK and European Union ports after 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	185570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We want and expect to see cross-Channel trade continue to move as freely as possible but it is right that we also consider a range of contingency plans to deal with any disruption. It would be premature, at this stage, to rule out any possible mechanism.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 06/11/2018 11:59:41 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

997835

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on each of the work streams related to the UK leaving the EU for which his Department has (a) responsibility and (b) joint-responsibility with other Government Departments.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	185571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>DfT is directly responsible for 17 work streams relating to the UK’s exit from the EU and works with other Government Departments as required to ensure their success. In the most recent reporting submission to DExEU, all 17 of the negotiated and 15 of the contingency work streams are on track to be delivered on time.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 06/11/2018 11:40:46 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

997839

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last analysed capacity in the international roll-on roll-off commercial ferry market; and if he will publish the results of that analysis.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	185574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Capacity in the international roll-on roll-off commercial ferry market, particularly in relation to ferries capable of operating North Sea routes at short notice, is relatively limited. This is one of the reasons why we are preparing various contingencies in the unlikely event of a no-deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 06/11/2018 11:44:37 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

997841

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the UK ports with the infrastructure required to handle roll-on roll-off ferry freight units.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	185576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>To verify an exhaustive listing of such ports would entail disproportionate cost. However, in 2017 the following UK ports handled substantial volumes of ro-ro ferry units, including domestic traffic:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby &amp; Immingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heysham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Felixstowe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cairnryan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Larne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loch Ryan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrenpoint</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milford Haven</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newhaven</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fishguard</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tyne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 06/11/2018 11:23:43 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

997842

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department or predecessor Departments last chartered a roll-on roll-off commercial ferry on the international market; and what the cost of that contract to the public purse was in today’s prices.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	185577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>My Department and its predecessor departments have not chartered a commercial ro-ro ferry on the international market in recent times.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 06/11/2018 11:47:57 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

997844

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Ownership
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 number of merchant roll-on roll-off ferries in the international shipping industry that are owned by UK shipowners.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	185579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>I have made no such estimate of the number of merchant roll-on roll-off ferries in the international shipping industry that are owned by UK shipowners.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 06/11/2018 11:26:29 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

994519

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities which have major ports have undertaken risk assessments of the potential effect of additional customs checks on the surrounding transport infrastructure after the UK leaves the EU; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those local authorities are developing plans to avoid or reduce possible disruption.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government expects to reach a deal with the EU which will avoid any such eventuality. But as a responsible Government we have to consider all eventualities, and are working to ensure that, should no deal be achieved, additional UK customs checks do not take place at the frontier, and so do not result in disruption to surrounding transport infrastructure. The possibility, that checks required by the EU in Member States might have such an effect, is being considered where appropriate by Local Resilience Fora (LRFs), with the ports themselves closely involved; and by the Devolved Administrations in relation to ports in their territories.</p><p>Specifically in relation to the short Strait crossings from Dover and through the Channel Tunnel, we announced in May the development of Operation Brock which, in the event of serious disruption to those routes from whatever cause, will ensure that the M20 will be kept open and traffic will continue to flow in both directions. Operation Brock consists of three phases, a contraflow queuing system on the M20, a holding areas at Manston Airport and, if necessary, a holding area on the M26. The Department is working closely with the Kent Resilience Form, the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel and other associated bodies. The contraflow queuing system on the M20 will cost about £30 million to build and operate and would be used for all disruption events including those seen in 2015. The works required for the M26 are within the region of £5 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling grouped question UIN 183831 question first answered 30/10/2018 13:27:01 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994638

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) projects designed to increase capacity on motorways to tackle potential delays at ports and customs terminals have started and (b) other UK road network projects are planned in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what the estimated cost is of those projects.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government expects to reach a deal with the EU which will avoid any such eventuality. But as a responsible Government we have to consider all eventualities, and are working to ensure that, should no deal be achieved, additional UK customs checks do not take place at the frontier, and so do not result in disruption to surrounding transport infrastructure. The possibility, that checks required by the EU in Member States might have such an effect, is being considered where appropriate by Local Resilience Fora (LRFs), with the ports themselves closely involved; and by the Devolved Administrations in relation to ports in their territories.</p><p>Specifically in relation to the short Strait crossings from Dover and through the Channel Tunnel, we announced in May the development of Operation Brock which, in the event of serious disruption to those routes from whatever cause, will ensure that the M20 will be kept open and traffic will continue to flow in both directions. Operation Brock consists of three phases, a contraflow queuing system on the M20, a holding areas at Manston Airport and, if necessary, a holding area on the M26. The Department is working closely with the Kent Resilience Form, the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel and other associated bodies. The contraflow queuing system on the M20 will cost about £30 million to build and operate and would be used for all disruption events including those seen in 2015. The works required for the M26 are within the region of £5 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling grouped question UIN 183828 question first answered 30/10/2018 13:27:01 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

989651

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: EU Countries
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 15 October 2018 to Question 173935 on driving: licensing, what estimate he has made of the number of staff that will need to be recruited in order to meet increased demand for International Driving Permits in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>From 1 February 2019, International Driving Permits will be issued by 2,500 Post Office branches using existing Post Office staff. While staffing levels are a matter for Post Office Ltd, we do not believe there will be a need to recruit further staff to offer the enhanced service.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 22/10/2018 11:47:22 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

989652

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: EU Countries
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 15 October 2018 to Question 173935 on Driving: Licensing, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of International Driving Permits which will need to be issued in 2019-20, (b) individual cost of securing an International Driving Permit and (c) administrative cost of processing each application for an International Driving Permit in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>a) The government is confident of securing a comprehensive deal to ensure the continued recognition of our driving licences in the EU. Work that has been done estimating the likely impact, indicates that up to 0.5m International Driving Permits (IDPs) may need to be issued in most outcome scenarios.</p><p>b) Each IDP will cost £5.50, a fee which has not increased since 2004. For complete coverage in the EU after exit day a motorist will need 2 IDPs (One in the 1949 Convention format, and one in the 1968 Convention format) at a total cost of £11.00. However, the 1968 IDP which will be valid in 23 EU Member States, plus Norway and Switzerland is valid for 3-years reducing the annual cost to around £1.85 per year.</p><p>c) The administrative cost of acquiring an IDP is a matter for the Post Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 22/10/2018 10:23:01 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake