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967500

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will meet with senior officials from Govia Thameslink to discuss the provision of automatic replacement services to London Kings Cross to ensure passengers can get to London when the Peterborough to Horsham line is blocked.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL9990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Network Rail have agreed service recovery plans in place that are activated depending on the specific incident, its location on the network, destination and time of day.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the potential impact of delays on passengers these plans will typically balance trying to get the maximum number of passengers to their destination as quickly as possible, recovering the delays whilst also attempting to ensure no further delays and obstructions are introduced across the network. There will be times that these plans need to be adapted to suit the situation and scale of the incident. As such it is important that decisions are taken by operational staff within Network Rail and GTR as they are best placed to understand the potential impact on passengers on a case by case basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2018 11:37:06 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

967499

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Republic of Ireland
	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 17 July (HL9180), what is the process for collecting the Heavy Goods Vehicle Levy (HGV) levy from lorries from the Republic of Ireland; and what assessment they have made of whether, and if so to what extent, lorries from the Republic of Ireland evade the HGV levy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL9989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Lorry drivers from the Republic of Ireland pay for the HGV Levy in the same ways as users from other countries. The levy can be paid online, at a number of official Point of Sale (PoS) locations, at driver self-serve facilities offered by some operators and through a number of booking agents. The majority of levy purchases are via the HGV Levy website.</p><p> </p><p>The overall compliance rate for foreign vehicles is high, according to figures collected by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in Great Britain, at 95%. The Department for Transport has not produced equivalent compliance rates by country of origin, but there are indications that vehicles from Ireland in Great Britain have a very similar compliance rate compared to vehicles from other countries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/09/2018 13:16:55 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

967453

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Department for Transport policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL9949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:12:56 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

967431

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of planned motorway roadwork projects in the UK are completed (1) on time, and (2) within budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
	uin	HL9929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The management of motorways in the UK is a devolved matter. In England, to date, Highways England has completed 23 major schemes in the current Road Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Nearly four-fifths (78 per cent) of projects were completed either ahead of schedule or on time. The remainder opened later than originally planned for a number of reasons, including unexpected contaminated ground and archaeological finds, and the addition of maintenance work to reduce the need for future roadworks.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 23 completed schemes, nearly four-fifths (78 per cent) were within budget.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:29:16 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

967430

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M20: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many days of work were carried out on the roadworks on the M20 between London and Folkestone in August 2018; and how many days did contractors work during August 2018 on that stretch of motorway.
	tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
	uin	HL9928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>For Highways England’s major projects currently being carried out on the M20 between London and Folkestone, the information is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Project Description</p></td><td><p>Number of days in August when live work was being carried out</p></td><td><p>Total workforce hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M20 junction 3-5 smart motorway</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>27,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M20 junction 10a improvements</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>32,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M20 junction 8-9 Temporary Solution</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10,707</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:30:12 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

1148441

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M4
	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 4 April (HL14781), what discount rate they applied to the forecasted benefits.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL18044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The benefits of the scheme were calculated over a 60-year period. The discount rate applied to the forecasted benefits was 3.5% each year for the first 30 years and 3% each year for the next 30 years, as stipulated in the HM Treasury’s “The Green Book: Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/10/2019 15:49:19 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

1148317

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Monarch Airlines: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their current estimate for the cost of repatriating customers of Monarch Airlines to the UK assumes a contribution from (1) the owners, and (2) any associate, of Greybull Capital; and when ministers or officials last contacted Greybull Capital about its willingness to make a contribution to that cost.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL18037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Greybull Capital is not itself a shareholder in Monarch Airlines but it does perform an advisory and management role for the principal shareholder, Petrol Jersey Limited. There is no formal legal mechanism we can use to oblige Greybull to contribute towards the cost of repatriating passengers.</p><p> </p><p>However, Marc Meyohas, partner at Greybull, wrote to the Transport Select Committee acknowledging a moral obligation (if they make a profit) to contribute and help to defray the costs incurred by the Government in repatriating Monarch customers.</p><p> </p><p>The extent of any profit or loss from Greybull Capital and Petrol Jersey Limited’s investment in Monarch Airlines will depend on the outcome of the administration process, which is not due to conclude until October 2020. Until then, we will not be able to confirm the final total that the Department has recouped.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions with Greybull in relation to recovering the costs of the repatriation operation have been in writing. Ministers last wrote to Greybull on this matter on 5 December 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/10/2019 11:27:26 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1148083

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Maidstone
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the reasons for the repeated delays in the introduction of the Thameslink service from Maidstone East to central London and on to Cambridge.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL18011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>In September, the industry confirmed that it is not able to deliver the planned new Thameslink service from Maidstone East in December 2019. Following the timetable change in May last year, passengers suffered as the industry introduced new services that it was not ready to deliver. Since then, new processes have been introduced within the industry to ensure that timetable changes are deliverable. The industry has concluded that adding these services onto an already busy and complex railway network in December presents a real risk of delay and disruption to thousands of passengers that rely on existing services. Whilst is the right decision, in this context, to delay the introduction, the Department is committed to ensuring that the rail industry delivers a reliable all-day Thameslink service from Maidstone East to London as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL18010 question first answered 08/10/2019 11:30:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1148082

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Maidstone
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the planned Thameslink service from Maidstone East to central London and on to Cambridge is due to commence; and how frequently that service will run.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL18010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>In September, the industry confirmed that it is not able to deliver the planned new Thameslink service from Maidstone East in December 2019. Following the timetable change in May last year, passengers suffered as the industry introduced new services that it was not ready to deliver. Since then, new processes have been introduced within the industry to ensure that timetable changes are deliverable. The industry has concluded that adding these services onto an already busy and complex railway network in December presents a real risk of delay and disruption to thousands of passengers that rely on existing services. Whilst is the right decision, in this context, to delay the introduction, the Department is committed to ensuring that the rail industry delivers a reliable all-day Thameslink service from Maidstone East to London as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL18011 question first answered 08/10/2019 11:30:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1148059

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of the cost to the taxpayer arising from the administration of Thomas Cook they will be able to recoup from (1) travel insurers, (2) debit and credit card providers, and (3) other travel providers through which passengers may have booked their Thomas Cook holiday.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL17987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>This is one of the largest travel company failures we have ever seen. A failure of this size, and the number of passengers affected, is unprecedented. In these circumstances it is right that the Government should step in and help affected passengers return home as smoothly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are seeking to minimise the impact on the Government and taxpayers by recovering tax payer funds expended in relation to the repatriation operation where appropriate through the ATOL scheme, credit card companies and travel insurance.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of Thomas Cook passengers were ATOL protected. The costs for repatriating those passengers will be covered by the ATOL scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/10/2019 11:28:59 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton