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77728

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has paid to First Bus, its subsidiaries or companies where First Bus has an ownership stake for the provision of rail replacement bus services in each train operating company area during disruption caused during the recent winter storms.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under Schedule 4 of the Track Access Agreements between Network Rail and the train operating companies, Network Rail compensates train operators on a formula basis for the estimated overall cost impact of network possessions. It is the train operator that is responsible for providing and meeting the cost of any rail replacement bus services, not Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 205527 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:33:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77729

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has paid to First Bus, its subsidiaries or companies where First Bus has an ownership stake for the provision of rail replacement bus services in each train operating company area.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under Schedule 4 of the Track Access Agreements between Network Rail and the train operating companies, Network Rail compensates train operators on a formula basis for the estimated overall cost impact of network possessions. It is the train operator that is responsible for providing and meeting the cost of any rail replacement bus services, not Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 205526 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:33:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77731

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on concessionary travel in Warrington in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	205522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The annual amount spent by Warrington Council on concessionary travel, including the statutory concession and any relevant discretionary enhancements, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2008-09</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2009-10</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2010-11</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2011-12</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2012-13</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£3.464m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.695m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.902m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.544m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.77m</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>These figures are adjusted for inflation to give expenditure at 2012/13 prices. Figures for 2013/14 are still being collated.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Further data (including non-inflation-adjusted figures) is detailed in transport statistics table BUS0812, which can be viewed at:</p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel" target="_blank"><u><u><u><u>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel</u></u></u></u></a><u><u><u><u></u></u></u></u>.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/07/2014 14:37:31 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

77732

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the Part 2 report of the Triennial Review of the British Transport Police Authority.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	205580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We expect to publish the Part 2 Report in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/07/2014 14:35:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

77734

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Sky Lanterns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Maritime Coastguard Agency about the effect of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	205661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No discussion have been held between Ministers at the Department for Transport and representatives of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about the effect of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the MCA were consulted and provided data for the report prepared for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Welsh Government in May 2013.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/07/2014 14:52:02 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

77735

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Sky Lanterns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the definition of 'incidents' on page 18 of the report Sky lanterns and helium balloons, published by his Department in May 2013, how many such incidents were caused by sky lanterns in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	205662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In 2013 the number of reported incidents likely to have been caused by sky lanterns was 129. This figure was collated using the same definition of an incident as used in the statistic of an incident in the report prepared for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Welsh Government in May 2013.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/07/2014 14:54:11 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

77736

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Sky Lanterns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Maritime Coastguard Agency on (a) initiatives to increase public awareness of the effects sky lanterns can have on coastguard services and (b) what action can be taken to discourage the use of red sky lanterns.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	205659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The report acknowledges the rise in incidents involving sky lanterns up to 2010 and the fall in incident numbers since that date. This trend continued into 2013, with 129 attributable incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The MCA believes that this reduction is likely to have been assisted by the following mitigation:</p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Since 2009, the vast majority of manufacturers of sky lanterns appear to have complied with the request to place a warning on their packaging advising users not to release lanterns in the marine environment, and asking users to pre-warn the emergency authorities in the area if they intend to release lanterns. Some users have also complied with this request.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>The MCA has distributed a short film via ‘YouTube' giving advice on the use of sky lanterns near the coast.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>The MCA has also improved the instructions given to HMCG watchkeepers to assist their questioning of callers and information gathering, so that they can quickly establish the nature and particular characteristics of what the caller has observed in the sky.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Volunteer and full-time Coastguards include advice on the use of sky lanterns in the safety information they provide to members and organisations in their local communities.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report shows no evidence of any adverse impacts of helium balloons on coastal rescue services.</p><p> </p><p>Currently there is no legislation to prevent the use of sky lanterns. However, the MCA will continue to assess how to minimise the implications of their use generally.</p><p> </p><p>No discussions have been held between Ministers at the Department for Transport and representatives of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about the awareness and use of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 205660 question first answered 17/07/2014 15:24:23 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

77737

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Sky Lanterns and Helium Balloons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Coastguard service of the conclusions in the report Sky lanterns and helium balloons, published by his Department in May 2013.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	205660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The report acknowledges the rise in incidents involving sky lanterns up to 2010 and the fall in incident numbers since that date. This trend continued into 2013, with 129 attributable incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The MCA believes that this reduction is likely to have been assisted by the following mitigation:</p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Since 2009, the vast majority of manufacturers of sky lanterns appear to have complied with the request to place a warning on their packaging advising users not to release lanterns in the marine environment, and asking users to pre-warn the emergency authorities in the area if they intend to release lanterns. Some users have also complied with this request.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>The MCA has distributed a short film via ‘YouTube' giving advice on the use of sky lanterns near the coast.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>The MCA has also improved the instructions given to HMCG watchkeepers to assist their questioning of callers and information gathering, so that they can quickly establish the nature and particular characteristics of what the caller has observed in the sky.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Volunteer and full-time Coastguards include advice on the use of sky lanterns in the safety information they provide to members and organisations in their local communities.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report shows no evidence of any adverse impacts of helium balloons on coastal rescue services.</p><p> </p><p>Currently there is no legislation to prevent the use of sky lanterns. However, the MCA will continue to assess how to minimise the implications of their use generally.</p><p> </p><p>No discussions have been held between Ministers at the Department for Transport and representatives of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about the awareness and use of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 205659 question first answered 17/07/2014 15:24:23 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

77738

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Sky Lanterns and Helium Balloons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the definition of 'incidents' on page 18 of the report Sky lanterns and helium baloons, published by his Department in May 2013, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Maritime Coastguard Agency of such incidents in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	205658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency's HM Coastguard (HMCG) does not, as a matter of routine, estimate the cost of individual incidents. However, statistics reveal that in 2013 HMCG received 129 reported alerts. There is a high probability that these reports were of sky lanterns. This represents a drop in number from previous years.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/07/2014 14:46:44 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

77739

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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, what the projected passenger numbers are for the Northern and TransPennine franchises for (a) 2014 and (b) each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	205694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In response to (a) the projected passenger numbers for 2014 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Northern franchise – circa 97m passenger journeys</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Transpennine franchise – circa 28m passenger journeys</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In response to (b) I refer the Honourable Member to the written answer given to the Hon Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham MP) on 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2014 <em>[Official Report, columns 696-698W]</em>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/07/2014 14:58:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed