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1138488

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
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 12 June 2019 to Question 259958 on Channel Ferries: Freight, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department are working on the existing planning assumptions; and what deadline he has set for revised assumptions to be reported to him.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	276182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>Following the extension to Article 50, Government Ministers and their Officials have reviewed and developed new border planning assumptions based on the most recent information available. These assumptions are focused on a reasonable worst case scenario, rather than what we expect to happen, and have already been shared with key partners to support contingency planning, where appropriate, should the UK leave the European Union on 31 October without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 19/07/2019 11:15:53 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1129796

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to procure additional roll-on roll-off ferry capacity at UK ports before 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	259958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is reviewing no deal contingency planning in light of the Article 50 extension and the ongoing review of planning assumptions. No decisions have yet been taken whether HMG will require additional capacity and a decision will depend on any revised planning assumptions, which are currently being considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/06/2019 11:22:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1077049

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 21 February (HL13574), what they have spent or committed, in staff, consultancy and other costs, on work related to the procurement exercise to secure additional freight capacity after Brexit; and what assessment they have made of the impact on such costs of the approach to nine companies and the award to only three.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL13971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Combined costs of external legal, financial and project assurance advice on all three freight contracts including legal advice up to the end of December 2018 were approximately £800,000. Subsequent costs cannot yet be derived as contracts are still live and invoices pending.</p><p> </p><p>Preliminary discussions with the wider set of nine operators, to assess market appetite and help secure value for money, were undertaken as part of the Department’s broader Maritime EU Exit work, and could not accurately be disaggregated without disproportionate cost; no external consultancy costs were incurred in this exercise.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 06/03/2019 11:44:53 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1061019

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
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 24 January 2019 to Question 210667 on Channel Ferries: Freight, how much money his Department allocated to legal fees in relation to potential court proceedings on the contracts for additional sea ferry capacity.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	221788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>No specific contingent allocation was made for legal fees in relation to potential court proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/02/2019 12:38:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1059966

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 7 January 2019, Haulage Update, HCWS 1233, what costs have been incurred by his Department as a result of (a) due diligence and external cost consultants and (b) legal advice and services.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	220290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave to PQ UIN 219568.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/02/2019 15:29:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1046330

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there will be severe disruption of freight traffic in a no-deal Brexit scenario; and what plans, if any, they have to ensure smooth trade operations between the UK and France after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>UK border controls will prioritise freight flow, partly by taking newly-required checks away from the frontier as far as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Disruption is, however, possible in a no-deal scenario if third-country controls applied at EU ports, particularly on the short Strait, are onerous. The reasonable worst case scenario being used as a planning assumption is one in which flow through the short Channel crossings (both imports and exports) is reduced very significantly for up to 6 months<em>; </em>and where a substantial percentage of agrifood products would have to be routed away from these locations.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts we have agreed with ferry companies DFDS, Brittany Ferries and Seaborne Freight will contribute to ensuring smooth trade operations by enhancing ro-ro capacity available on Channel and North Sea crossings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/02/2019 16:38:01 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1045614

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what unforeseeable events led his Department to award contracts for additional shipping freight capacity under Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	210601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my Rt hon Friend's <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/haulage-update-7-january-2019" target="_blank">Written Statement</a> of 7 January [HCWS 1233].</p><p>A negotiated procurement procedure without prior publication was concluded as allowed for by Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. An accelerated competitive process was carried out in order to ensure that capacity can be in place in time for a No Deal exit whilst at the same time securing value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 210602 210603 question first answered 28/01/2019 16:02:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1045756

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
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 21 January 2019 to Question 208869 on Channel Ferries: Freight, how many companies have made representations to the Government.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	210667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>We have received a small number of representations, in confidence, from other freight operators.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/01/2019 15:35:00 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1041587

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 7 January 2019, Haulage Update, HCWS 1233, whether he has received any representations from cross channel freight service companies other than those named in that statement (a) expressing concern at the content of that statement and (b) offering additional capacity over and above the three contract awards outlined in that statement; and if he will make a further statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	208869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>We have received representations from other companies in confidence, and will provide further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/01/2019 10:47:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1041474

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has held with freight operating companies on the potential need for additional freight services from Folkestone, Dover and other ports in the south of England.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	208288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department, individually and in conjunction with Border Delivery Group, has engaged in numerous discussions with freight operators about the outlook for freight traffic in the south of England.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/01/2019 14:37:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald