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776798

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the stretches of single track railway on the Waterloo–Exeter mainline on the economy of south-western England.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has made no recent assessment of the impact of the stretches of single line track on the Waterloo – Exeter mainline on the economy of South-Western England. Network Rail’s Wessex Route Study concluded that the forecast levels of growth between Salisbury and Exeter did not justify the need for additional sections of double track.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 03/11/2017 11:04:03 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

776799

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the stretches of single line track on the Waterloo–Exeter mainline on train punctuality.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has made no recent assessment of the impact of the stretches of single line track on the Waterloo – Exeter mainline on train punctuality. Network Rail’s Wessex Route Study concluded that the forecast levels of growth between Salisbury and Exeter did not justify the need for additional sections of double track.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 03/11/2017 11:05:32 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

750561

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line: Rolling Stock
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 28 June (HL9), whether the programme of refurbishment of trains between Waterloo and Exeter will include works on the air conditioning systems of the rolling stock to avoid failure through overheating during periods of temperatures above 28⁰C.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Train Operating Company.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/07/2017 10:35:09 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

750562

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 28 June (HL8), on what basis Network Rail has decided that the scheme to double the track between Tisbury and Wilton Junction is not a priority.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail’s Wessex Route Study, published in August 2015, concluded that the forecast levels of growth between Salisbury and Exeter did not justify the need for addition sections of double track along the route in the period up to 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/07/2017 10:44:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

730978

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the likely date for the doubling of the single-track railway between Tisbury, Wiltshire, and Wilton Junction, Salisbury.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail have evaluated this scheme and have not identified it as a priority. The Department for Transport intends to set out the outcomes we want from the rail network in Control Period 6 (CP6 – 2019 to 2024) during the remainder of 2017, starting with the High Level Output Specification (HLOS), which is expected to be published in July.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2017 11:08:47 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

730980

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line: Rolling Stock
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when they expect class 158 and 159 trains running between Waterloo and Exeter to be replaced.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL9
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>These trains are expected to be operating on this route until at least the end of the new South Western Franchise, which will expire in August 2024. This rolling stock will however be subject to a programme of refurbishment that will include new seats, power sockets and toilets. Beyond that, it will be a matter for bidders for the following Franchise.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2017 12:58:55 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

671113

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the publication in December 2016 of the report by the Office of Rail and Road into station usage, what is their assessment of the feasibility of converting the present single track railway on the Exeter to London Waterloo mainline between Tisbury and Dinton, in Wiltshire, to double track as it was previously.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail have assessed the potential growth in passenger and freight demand in the period up until 2043, including future demand on the line between London, Salisbury and Exeter as part of the Wessex Route study which was published in August 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The study identified a potential scheme to upgrade the line between Exeter and Salisbury through the creation of additional double track sections between Salisbury and Yeovil as an option for delivery in the period after 2025.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/01/2017 12:20:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

528194

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 2 June (HL136), and to the letter from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Lord Patten dated 6 June placed in the Libraries of both Houses, whether they consider the single track railway between Salisbury and Yeovil to be "not unmodern".
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not use the term “not unmodern” to classify or assess railway routes.</p><p> </p><p>The rail line between Gillingham (Dorset) and Pinhoe was re-signalled in 2012 and Stagecoach South Western Trains introduced additional services to the West of England in December 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/07/2016 13:43:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

519571

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 11 May (HL8205), whether they hold information on the number of single line tracks on passenger lines in their records; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold detailed records of track layouts. These records are held by the Infrastructure Operators. The information is provided to the Department on request and is also available in commercial map publications at specialist railway bookshops.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/06/2016 14:08:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

517612

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	Railway Track
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many single line tracks there are on passenger lines within a 120 mile radius of all London rail stations; and what they are.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for Network Rail and London Underground.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/05/2016 11:26:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten