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1050409

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
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 17 January 2019 to Question 20610 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to prevent a scheme from going ahead in the event that the WCHAR's findings indicate that it contravenes these policies or design standards.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has not had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding prevention of a scheme going ahead if the Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding Assessment findings indicate it contravenes these policies or design standards.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Transport would expect that any scheme would comply with the relevant policies and design standards unless there were very good reasons for it not to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/02/2019 11:24:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050262

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 206710 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, for what reason Highways England did not undertake a (a) Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding assessment during the options and concept stages of the scheme's development and (b) Review report at the conclusion of the preliminary design stage, in accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment is carried out by the relevant design team, not Highways England. In this case, we understand that the options and concept stages of the scheme began in the autumn of 2016 before the publication of the Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment and were subject to the applicable standard on Non-Motorised User Audits. The Transport Assessment accompanying the planning application provided information satisfying the criteria for a non-motorised user context report.</p><p>A Review Report is required at the end of the preliminary design stage and before commencement of detailed design followed by a further Review Report at the end of the detailed design phase and before construction commences. The design team is now at the end of the preliminary design stage, but detailed design has not yet begun. A Review Report is now due and will be completed before the commencement of detailed design.</p><p>The preliminary design improved pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park, and further opportunities for improvement may be identified through a forthcoming Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Review. The preliminary design was also compliant with Highways England’s design standards for cycle provision. Any non-compliance identified during detailed design will be removed or be subject to the process of assessment whether there may be grounds for a specific variation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 213150 213152 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:22:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050266

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
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 17 January 2019 to Question 20610 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, what criteria Highways England used to support the scheme in the absence of a Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding assessment at each stage of the process.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment is carried out by the relevant design team, not Highways England. In this case, we understand that the options and concept stages of the scheme began in the autumn of 2016 before the publication of the Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment and were subject to the applicable standard on Non-Motorised User Audits. The Transport Assessment accompanying the planning application provided information satisfying the criteria for a non-motorised user context report.</p><p>A Review Report is required at the end of the preliminary design stage and before commencement of detailed design followed by a further Review Report at the end of the detailed design phase and before construction commences. The design team is now at the end of the preliminary design stage, but detailed design has not yet begun. A Review Report is now due and will be completed before the commencement of detailed design.</p><p>The preliminary design improved pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park, and further opportunities for improvement may be identified through a forthcoming Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Review. The preliminary design was also compliant with Highways England’s design standards for cycle provision. Any non-compliance identified during detailed design will be removed or be subject to the process of assessment whether there may be grounds for a specific variation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 213149 213152 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:22:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050270

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
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 17 January 2019 to Question 206710 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, whether a Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding assessment, including stakeholder engagement, will be undertaken by staff that are independent of the design team.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>It is a requirement of Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessments and Reviews that the lead assessor should be part of the design team and not independent of it.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/02/2019 15:42:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050279

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
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 17 January 2019 to Question 20610 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, what steps he is taking to ensure that Highways England will revise the scheme in the event that the scheme (a) worsens pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access and in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park and (b) is not compliant with Highways England's design standards for cycle provision.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment is carried out by the relevant design team, not Highways England. In this case, we understand that the options and concept stages of the scheme began in the autumn of 2016 before the publication of the Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment and were subject to the applicable standard on Non-Motorised User Audits. The Transport Assessment accompanying the planning application provided information satisfying the criteria for a non-motorised user context report.</p><p>A Review Report is required at the end of the preliminary design stage and before commencement of detailed design followed by a further Review Report at the end of the detailed design phase and before construction commences. The design team is now at the end of the preliminary design stage, but detailed design has not yet begun. A Review Report is now due and will be completed before the commencement of detailed design.</p><p>The preliminary design improved pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park, and further opportunities for improvement may be identified through a forthcoming Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Review. The preliminary design was also compliant with Highways England’s design standards for cycle provision. Any non-compliance identified during detailed design will be removed or be subject to the process of assessment whether there may be grounds for a specific variation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 213149 213150 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:22:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1038498

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Highways England carried out a formally authorised Walking, Cycling and Horseriding Assessment and Review of the proposed alternatives to the Sussex Pad road crossing as part of the New Marks Farm Development that was recently approved by the planning committee of Adur Council.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	206710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, a Walking, Cycling and Horseriding Review will be carried out before the start of the detailed design of the proposals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2019 15:56:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

997402

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Network Rail staff have left employment with a discretionary payment in each of the last three years; and how much each payment was.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	184833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail does not make discretionary payments to leavers. Network Rail does, on occasion, make ‘special severance payments’. These are outside of the usual severance arrangements as part of settlement agreements. All ‘special severance payments’ are approved by HMT and information about these are published on the transparency section of Network Rail’s website, available at: <a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/transparency/datasets/" target="_blank">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/transparency/datasets/</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:34:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

997403

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish Network Rail's policy on whistleblowing.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	184834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail’s whistleblowing policy is published online on the Network Rail website and is available at: <a href="https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Speak-Out-Policy-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Speak-Out-Policy-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:40:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

946769

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to his Department has been of the compensation payments to customers made by Govia Thameslink Railway in relation to its rail franchises in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	167104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The total cost of compensation payments was £6.6m in the 12 months up to 21 July, the latest date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>The disruption suffered by passengers on Thameslink and Great Northern services following the May timetable change was completely unacceptable. The railway industry is funding a special compensation scheme which will provide the most affected season, daily and carnet ticket holders with compensation for this disruption. The Department is reviewing GTR’s compliance with its contractual obligations, and if it is found that GTR are in breach of their contract then we will take appropriate action.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 04/09/2018 15:39:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

944046

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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 has been paid in (a) compensation payments to customers and (b) penalty payments to his Department by Govia Thameslink Railway in relation to its rail franchises in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	165441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway paid £5.5m in compensation payments to customers in the last 12 months up to 23rd June 2018, the latest date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport agreed a £5m per annum settlement with Govia Thameslink Railway for their performance payments for the period from September 2016 to September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/07/2018 13:56:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton