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1038896

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date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Ramsgate: Channel Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the Mayor of Ostend before awarding a contract to Seaborne Freight to operate ferry services from Ramsgate to Ostend from 29 March; and given the Mayor’s statement that the port will not be ready in time, what alternative port arrangements they intend to make.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Port contracts are a matter for operators. Operators on other routes (including Brittany Ferries and DFDS with whom the Government has also contracted) will be used for scheduled ro-ro traffic if Ostend is not ready by 29 March. The majority of the additional freight capacity which has been contracted is not via Ostend.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/01/2019 16:03:27 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038897

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the changes made to the latest edition of the HS2 Development Agreement, dated November 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a routine update of the DA building on the version published in 2017. The intention is to produce a more simplified version of the DA with an emphasis on plain English. The DA continues to provide clarity on roles and responsibilities between HS2 Ltd and DfT to reflect the growing maturity of the programme and as the project moves from development to delivery. This revised DA provides clarifications and amendments to, for example, the Land and Property section where the concepts of Core Land, Additional Land, Management Land and Operation &amp; Maintenance Land are set out. It amends the role for HS2 Ltd associated with the shadow operator functions transferring to the West Coast Partnership and changes the Performance Remedies Regime. Other areas of change include:</p><ul><li>Stations Commercialisation</li><li>Sponsor’s Requirements</li><li>Wider Programme Benefits</li><li>Over Site development</li><li>Management Information</li><li>Undertakings and Assurances</li><li>Instruction, Change and Affirmation Process</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2019 17:50:17 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038898

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have been held between the Department for Transport and Transport for London on funding for the section of HS2 between Old Oak Common and Euston.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The section of the HS2 line between Euston and Old Oak Common stations is a DfT Sponsor’s Requirement and as such is funded from the HS2 Phase One funding envelope. Where third parties such as local authorities and transport bodies have requests for additional requirements or scope beyond the DfT Sponsor’s Requirements, HS2 Ltd is delegated to consider incorporation of these requests, subject to an appropriate funding agreement with the relevant third parties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2019 16:19:29 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038903

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Ramsgate: Dredging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what level of subsidy they are providing, or plan to provide, towards the cost of dredging work in the harbour area of Ramsgate.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Infrastructure work is necessary to enable the port to resume Ro-Ro services. Thanet Council is in discussion with both the Department and Seaborne Freight to finalise the funding arrangements for the infrastructure works at the port, and vital dredging work has already started.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2019 16:17:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1038904

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter sent by the President of Getlink to the Secretary of State for Transport on 2 January, whether (1) the provision of £103 million to ferry operators for the provision of additional cross-Channel freight capacity breaches the concession agreement with Eurotunnel, and (2) they conducted an assessment of the impact on obligations under competition and state aid law.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>In the Government's view, the contracts do not breach the concession agreement with Eurotunnel. Obligations under competition and state aid law were taken into account as part of the contractual process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/01/2019 14:22:14 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1038910

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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 which new freight transport routes across the English Channel between the UK and the EU are being considered as part of the contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The routes agreed for increased freight capacity with DFDS and with Brittany Ferries will run from the Ports of Immingham and Felixstowe (DFDS) and Poole, Plymouth and Portsmouth (Brittany) to destinations in Germany (Cuxhaven), the Netherlands (Vlaardingen) and France (Caen, Cherbourg, Le Havre, and Roscoff). The route agreed with Seaborne Freight is between Ramsgate and Ostend in Belgium.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 23/01/2019 15:31:53 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1038913

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Litter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisation has responsibility for clearing litter from motorways and trunk roads; and whether they also have powers to issue civil penalties to the owner of a vehicle from which litter is seen to be thrown.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Highways England are responsible for cleaning litter on motorways and a small number of A roads. Local Authorities are responsible for clearing litter on all other A roads and All Purpose Trunk Roads.</p><p> </p><p>District councils in England (outside London) have powers to issue civil penalties to the keepers of vehicles from which litter is thrown onto their roads. All local authorities can also prosecute or issue fixed penalties in lieu of prosecution for littering offences on any road within their area, including motorways. Highways England do not have any enforcement powers in respect of littering offences on the roads from which they are responsible for clearing litter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 23/01/2019 15:23:14 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1038726

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	Port of Ramsgate: Channel Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which ferries are planned to operate the Ramsgate–Ostend route from 30 March 2019; where and when they were built; whether they will conform to the latest Maritime and Coastguard Agency regulations applicable to roll-on roll-off ferries published after the MS Herald of Free Enterprise disaster; and what, if any, safety derogations they will be given.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Specific vessel arrangements are a matter for operators. All vessels must comply with all regulatory requirements that apply to them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/01/2019 13:51:52 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038733

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	Railway Stations: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what derogations from EU legislation the UK has in respect of the heights of platforms at UK railway stations.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL12702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The EU Infrastructure Technical Specification for Interoperability contains an exemption allowing new or upgraded UK railway station platforms to be built to a nominal height of 915mm.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/01/2019 11:51:21 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1038736

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	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many road accidents in the last three years have been caused, in whole or in part, by vehicles hitting badgers; and how many such accidents have resulted in (1) deaths, and (2) serious injuries.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL12705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on what kind of animal is involved in road accidents.</p><p> </p><p>The closest data we hold on this is the number of reported road accidents where ‘animal in carriageway’ is recorded as a carriageway hazard. This covers all animals (except ridden horses). This data is available by accident severity in Great Britain in 2015 to 2017 and is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>All accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT Stats19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note that the number of serious accidents provided is as reported by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, are not comparable with earlier years.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/01/2019 14:57:16 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton