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582596

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date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what permissions have been sought by (a) NATO, (b) the US and (c) any other country to fly remotely piloted aircraft systems in UK airspace in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	46267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has not received any requests for such permissions in the last two years.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/09/2016 08:33:21 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

582597

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Amazon: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Amazon's testing of parcel delivery by drone has begun; and what arrangements have been agreed for safety, insurance and data protection during this trial.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	46270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>Amazon is currently testing a developmental‎ drone delivery system in the UK, within a defined and contained test site area on private land. Trials involving customers are not part of this testing. Prior to the current trials starting, an operational safety case was assessed and approved by the Civil Aviation Authority, which ‎took into consideration the risk and mitigation of damage to other aircraft and infrastructure in the test area. The trial is designed in compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/09/2016 08:06:32 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

579538

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts for franchised passenger rail services his Department has tendered in each year since 2013; and how many such contracts his Department plans to tender under the existing franchising schedule in each year between 2016 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	45784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The number of contracts for franchised passenger rail services tendered* per calendar year from 2013 to 2015 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Year No.of Contracts Awarded</p><p> </p><p>2013 0</p><p> </p><p>2014 3</p><p> </p><p>2015 2</p><p> </p><p>The number of planned of contracts for franchised passenger rail services tendered* per calendar year from 2016 to 2023 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Year No.of Contracts Awarded</p><p> </p><p>2016 1</p><p> </p><p>2017 3</p><p> </p><p>2018 4**</p><p> </p><p>2019 1</p><p> </p><p>2020 0</p><p> </p><p>2021 2</p><p> </p><p>2022 2</p><p> </p><p>2023 0​</p><p> </p><p>*We have taken the use of the term ‘tendered’ to mean the completion of the tendering process which is contract award. The response does not require the number of Direct Awards as the question only asks for “franchised passenger rail services”.</p><p> </p><p>**The schedule shown reflects standard Department for Transport franchising timings. The UK Government has agreed in principle to transfer franchising powers to the Welsh Government to lead on procuring the next Wales &amp; Borders franchise. In anticipation of this, the Welsh Government are developing their procurement approach which is planned to start earlier than shown on this schedule.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/09/2016 13:09:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

579539

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
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 was of each re-tendering exercise held for franchises for (a) long distance and (b) regional passenger rail services in each year since 2005-06.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	45782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Prior to the re-launch of the Franchising Programme in spring 2013, the costs of different franchising projects were not individually recorded.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of each re-franchising project since the re-launch is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Franchise</p></td><td><p>Cost (£M)</p></td><td><p>Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex Thameside</p></td><td><p>4.815</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameslink, Southern &amp; Great Northern</p></td><td><p>7.288</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Coast</p></td><td><p>8.429</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>8.668 (to date)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TransPennine Express</p></td><td><p>7.577 (to date)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglia</p></td><td><p>7.413 (to date)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include adviser costs (financial, technical and legal advisers), pay costs for the project team, “non-pay” costs (such as bidder day seminars, public consultations, etc), and VAT where applicable, for the duration of the procurements.</p><p> </p><p>Note that the sums invested in each re-franchising project are dwarfed by the (Resource) Support for Passenger Rail Services benefits to the Department from the re-franchising – £200 for every £1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>NOTE 1: The Essex Thameside figure represents the work done after the relaunch of the Franchising Programme. There was a significant amount of work completed prior to the pausing of the programme in autumn 2012 which is not included here.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 2: The Intercity East Coast costs were not charged to the public purse, but were covered by the Performance Bond that National Express put forward following its default of the previous East Coast contract.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 3: The figures for Northern, TransPennine Express (TPE) and East Anglia are the latest figures (as at the end of August 2016). East Anglia is still a ‘live’ project. Whilst Northern and TPE have concluded, there are still some residual costs that may affect the final figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/09/2016 13:30:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

579540

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many platform train interface incidents reported on the national rail network involved driver-only operated passenger services in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	45783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department. Some information about platform-train interface incidents is held by the Rail Standards and Safety Board and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, but the Department understands that this is not recorded in a way that enables the requested breakdown to be provided.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/09/2016 13:01:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

579541

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of the contractor delivering all contracted functionality of the first deployment traffic management system for the rail operating centre at Romford by November 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	45781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>It is a matter for Network Rail to assess the capability of the contractors they appoint to deliver their deployment of traffic management systems. Network Rail have confirmed to us that the commissioning into service of the traffic management system for the rail operating centre at Romford will be re-planned for next year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/09/2016 12:55:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald