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843532

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date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to upgrade the train line between Plymouth and Totnes.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	127873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Development of projects that deliver journey time improvements in the southwest peninsula are included in Network Rail’s recently published Strategic Business Plan for Control Period 6 (2019-2024).</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail will also explore other opportunities for further improvements with their customers and the Peninsula Rail Task Force.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will however determine any new rail infrastructure enhancements proposed for CP6 using a new process, details of which are expected to be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/02/2018 16:45:03 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

843559

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lifeboats: Wallasey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer to FOI request ID3000 by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the reduced capacity at New Brighton lifeboat station since July 2016, what plans he has to restore New Brighton lifeboat station to full operational capacity.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	127900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>New Brighton Lifeboat station is currently operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Operational capacity at any independent RNLI lifeboat station is a matter for the charity to consider.</p><p> </p><p>In coordinating a response to any incident, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will consider the range of resources available to them, on an incident‑by-incident basis, before tasking the most appropriate asset.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/02/2018 15:59:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

843816

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) he or (b) Officials of his Department last met with unions or individuals to discuss aerotoxic syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	128254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – the industry regulator – has responsibility for managing and leading meetings on aerotoxic syndrome. The Department for Transport (DfT) last met with unions and individuals to discuss aerotoxic syndrome prior to the 2011 publication of DfT commissioned Cranfield University research into cabin air quality.</p><p> </p><p>These research findings were submitted to the Committee on Toxicology (COT) in 2012 who published a position paper on cabin air in 2013. There was no evidence for pollutants on board aircraft occurring at levels exceeding the health and safety standards and guidelines outlined in Chapter 5 of Cranfield University’s “Aircraft Cabin Air Sampling Study; Part 1 of the Final Report”.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/02/2018 18:00:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

843960

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Population
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who live within 10km of Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Justine Greening
uin	128343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no specific assessment of the number of people living within 10 km of the airport. However, the Department has carried out and published an Appraisal of Sustainability to support the development of the draft Airports National Policy Statement. This assesses the baseline population affected by Heathrow airport in different ways and with respect to a number of different impacts.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/02/2018 17:56:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening

844001

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	FV Solstice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the publication of the Marine Investigation Branch report into the sinking of the Solstice trawler off Plymouth in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	128118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>I expect the report to be published by the beginning of July.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/02/2018 12:24:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

844090

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Swansea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's plans are for the Shared Service Centre in Swansea.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	128430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Shared Service Centre in Swansea is owned and operated by Arvato, Bertelsmann. The Department for Transport plans to continue to receive Shared Services from Arvato, Bertelsmann until May 2020 when the existing contract expires. The department’s plans beyond May 2020 have not yet been determined.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/02/2018 15:52:28 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

844094

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of assaults on (a) staff and (b) customers on public transport in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Crimes on the railway are recorded by British Transport Police (BTP). The Department does not hold information on other forms of public transport.</p><p> </p><p>The definition used for assaults stated in the figures below is a count of victims that fall within violence against the person group.</p><p> </p><p>On the railways, assaults recorded by BTP of violence against the person amounted to:</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 staff 1,640 customers 4,027</p><p>2014/15, staff 1,689 customers 4,562</p><p>2015/16 staff 1,949 customers 5,219</p><p>2016/17 staff 2,332 customers 5,973</p><p> </p><p>It is important to consider this data in the context of an increase in passenger numbers on the railway, with crimes per million passengers remaining relatively low.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we believe the increase in rail-staff offences is due to more staff being put onto barrier and gate lines across the network, along with train-operating companies encouraging staff to report offences to BTP. For the increase in customer offences, we believe this is due to recent media campaigns which encourage customers to report offences and also the availability to report offences, via text services such as 61016 &amp; through email.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/02/2018 16:48:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

838873

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Track: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they rejected a Freedom of Information request for a copy of the report by PwC on the comparative costs of developing and constructing high speed rail lines in Europe and elsewhere; and why it took two months for that decision to be reached.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is being withheld under section 22 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is intended for future publication. In applying this exemption we have had to balance the public interest in withholding or disclosing the report. The Department for Transport found the balance to be in favour of withholding at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The request raised complex public interest considerations. As allowable under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the department extended the response time limit by 20 working days in order to assess whether the public interest was in withholding or disclosing the information. The Noble Lord was informed of this extension on 21<sup>st</sup> December 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/02/2018 15:45:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

838874

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Colne Valley
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the latest design specification and visual impact of the catenary and masts on the HS2 Colne Valley viaduct; and with which railway specification they will comply.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The design of the overhead catenary masts will be integrated with civil structure to provide a solution that is aligned with the architectural strategy for the Colne Valley viaduct.</p><p> </p><p>The Overhead Catenary System (OCS), including the masts, is designed in accordance with the requirements defined in the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) relating to the ‘energy’ subsystem and the associated standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/02/2018 12:31:19 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

838875

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of the design elements of each of the main construction contracts for HS2 Phase 1.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has awarded contracts that include design covering Phase 1 Main Works Civils and Phase 1 stations, and will award other contracts in due course. In all cases HS2 Ltd are seeking to ensure maximum value for money for the UK taxpayer and releasing detailing information regarding the cost estimates for these contracts may put HS2 Ltd at a commercial disadvantage and consequently it is not appropriate to release this information.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering Phase 1 within the total funding envelope of £27.18bn (in 2015 prices).</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/02/2018 15:53:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley