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347728

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Horden
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected delivery date is for the completion of Horden Railway Station.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The construction of a new station at Horden is being promoted by Durham County Council and funded from the North East Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deal. To date, no approval has been sought from the Secretary of State for its opening. The Department would expect the sponsors to work with the future Northern franchisee to develop a deliverable plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Invitation to Tender for the northern rail franchise, published in February 2015, confirmed that we would be asking bidders to replace the Pacer trains and introduce 120 new-build vehicles by January 2020. This is part of our transformation of rail travel in the north and a step in the creation of a northern powerhouse for the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established Transport for the North (TfN) in October 2014 to formalise cooperation on transport issues in the North. The aim is for TfN to speak with one voice to Government on the transport priorities for the whole of the North. The Department is working closely with TfN and Rail North to develop and prioritise the rail options so that the first tranche is ready for consideration as part of the Government’s Rail Investment Strategy for the next rail investment period (CP6, 2019 – 2024).</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">There is currently a two-hourly Northern service on the Middlesbrough-Sunderland-Newcastle route, with a couple of extra services. By December 2017, this will become an hourly service.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p /> <p>Northern Rail provides an hourly service in each direction between Newcastle and Middlesbrough throughout the day with some additional trains at peak times with some through trains serving Hexham and Nunthorpe. Northern improved the Sunday service frequency between Newcastle and Middlesbrough in May 2015 so trains now run every hour in each direction through the week.</p><p /> <p> </p></ins><ins class="ministerial">The ITT for the future franchise requires bidders to provide a materially similar number of train services along the Durham Coast line each day of the week.</ins></p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/06/2015 13:08:06 question first ministerially corrected 17/06/2015 14:36:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 2943 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

348746

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve access for disabled people at National Rail stations.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	1300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>By the end of this year the Access for All programme, launched in 2006, will have provided step free routes to more than 150 stations and smaller scale improvements at over 1,100. A further £160m has been allocated to extend the programme until 2019 and the 68 stations to benefit from this were announced last year.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to access improvements delivered by other major projects or the industry itself, which must meet UK and EU standards for accessibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/06/2015 14:11:32 question first ministerially corrected 10/06/2015 14:43:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 3604 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

353889

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many publicly-funded charging points for electric vehicles have been delivered in each of the last 10 years; and how many such points are planned for delivery in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	2332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Transport ran a public consultation to help inform the specification for the new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, and received over 21,000 responses; a summary of these have been published on the Government’s website.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Invitation To Tender for the Northern franchise has specified the replacement of Pacers (which are currently used) on services between Huddersfield and Sheffield) by the start of 2020, and other rolling stock used on the franchise will be subject to a substantial refurbishment. It also specifies an increase in the Sunday service provision on this route by December 2017. Our process for evaluating franchise bids encourages bidders to exceed the minimum specifications we state, and the bids themselves are due in to the Department by 26 June. We are due to announce the outcome towards the end of the year.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of publicly-funded chargepoints for electric vehicles that have been delivered in each of the last 10 years, including those for domestic use and those that are publicly accessible, is provided below. The first Government funding for chargepoints was in 2010/11 under the Coalition Government. Chargepoint installations in 2015/16 will depend on demand for domestic chargepoints and the detail of new infrastructure schemes to be announced later this year. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010/11</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011/12</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012/13</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">579</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,401</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">3,644</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">9,520</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">42,423</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">This question was inadvertently grouped with 2324.</ins></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 13:47:08 question first ministerially corrected 19/06/2015 11:17:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 5724 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353898

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve rail links between Huddersfield and Sheffield.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	2324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport ran a public consultation to help inform the specification for the new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, and received over 21,000 responses; a summary of these have been published on the Government’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Invitation To Tender for the Northern franchise has specified the replacement of Pacers (which are currently used) on services between Huddersfield and Sheffield) by the start of 2020, and other rolling stock used on the franchise will be subject to a substantial refurbishment. It also specifies an increase in the Sunday service provision on this route by December 2017. Our process for evaluating franchise bids encourages bidders to exceed the minimum specifications we state, and the bids themselves are due in to the Department by 26 June. We are due to announce the outcome towards the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">This quesiton was inadvertently grouped with question 2332.</ins></p><p><br /></p></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 13:47:08 question first ministerially corrected 19/06/2015 11:17:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 5725 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

454306

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the premium and subsidy profile of the new TransPennine Express franchise will be in each year of that franchise's operation.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	27906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">These figures are published annually by the Office of Road and Rail at <a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As well bringing in additional services, increased capacity, reduced fares for 16-18 year olds and jobseekers, and new cross-border services, the new Transpennine Franchise will, unlike the previous one awarded in 2003, be a premia paying franchise. The premium payments are set out below in both nominal terms and in real (i.e. constant) terms in 2015/16 prices.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>TPE</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Financial Subsidy/(Premium)</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£m </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Nominal</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Real – 2015/16 Prices</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(7)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(6)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(20)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(19)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(52)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(46)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(99)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(85)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(111)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(93)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(144)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(116)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Option</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(157)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(123)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Option</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(179)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(136)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9 years</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(763)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(621)</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2016 11:39:07 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2016 16:08:26 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 47415 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

672187

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which EU directives relating to his Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	59848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains a member of the EU until we leave, with full rights and obligations of membership. This includes transposing EU legislation into UK law.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is aware of the following directives relating to the Department’s responsibilities for which transposition is planned:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Directive 2003/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 April 2003 amending Council Directive 91/671/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to compulsory use of safety belts in vehicles of less than 3,5 tonnes</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">DIRECTIVE 2012/34/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL</del><br /><del class="ministerial"> of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’)</del><br /><del class="ministerial"> (Text with EEA relevance)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Directive 2013/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (20th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) and repealing Directive 2004/40/EC.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/882 of 1 June 2016 amending Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards language requirements (Text with EEA relevance).</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Commission Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/94/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>amending Annex II to Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2014/112 of 19 December 2014 implementing the European Agreement concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time in inland waterway transport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 of 20 April 2015 laying down calculation methods and reporting requirements pursuant to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/719 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/413 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2015 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of public and private projects on the environment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/45/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014<br /> on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC<br /> (Text with EEA relevance)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/46/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014<br /> amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/47/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014<br /> on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC<br /> (Text with EEA relevance).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/844 of 27 May 2016 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Co-decided (EU) Directive 2015/1513 amending Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on promotion of use of energy from renewable sources)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br /> Commission Directive (EU) 2016/1106 of 7 July 2016 amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/797 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016<br /> on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union<br /> (recast).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/798 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016<br /> on railway safety (recast).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Directive (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/01/2017 10:36:20 question first ministerially corrected 02/02/2017 12:36:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 31081 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

685585

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	CH2M Hill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been paid to CH2M by (a) his Department and (b) HS2 Ltd in each financial year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	63303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">CH2M Hill</del> <ins class="ministerial">CH2M (formerly known as CH2M Hill)</ins> has played a crucial role on all aspects of the development of the HS2 project. The company has provided project and programme management, engineering and environmental expertise and resource and was the driving force behind the preparation and passage of the Phase 1 hybrid bill. This phase of their work came to an end in December 2016. In 2016, <del class="ministerial">in a 50/50 partnership with Atkins, CH2M Hill</del> <ins class="ministerial">a partnership of CH2M (50%), Atkins (40%) and SENER (10%),</ins> was appointed as the phase 1 Engineering Delivery Partner for the delivery phase of the HS2 project, providing expert engineering support for all aspects of HS2 Ltd’s work.</p><p>Since 2011 HS2 Ltd has made the following payments to CH2M<del class="ministerial"> Hill</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Development Partner contract:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Payments in Financial Year (excl VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,438,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£14,371,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£17,058,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£25,334,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£32,454,382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£9,493,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Engineering Delivery Partner contract:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Payments in financial Year (excl VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£4,062,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/02/2017 17:57:18 question first ministerially corrected 13/04/2017 10:24:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 35237 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

520915

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the background document to the Queen's Speech 2016, published on 18 May 2016, what the £15 billion for transport across the North in this Parliament will be spent on.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	37933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>Government is building for Britain’s future by making the biggest investment in transport infrastructure in generations.</p><p> </p><p>We are building a faster, more frequent, fully integrated transport system that will help connect up Northern cities and towns, and support jobs – all of which help rebalance the economy and bring the country together.</p><p> </p><p>In the Queen’s Speech debate on Transport and Local Infrastructure (19 May 2016),<em> [Official Report, column 169]</em> the Secretary of State for Transport confirmed that the government will invest £13 billion in transport across the North of England.</p><p> </p><p>Together with our partners in the Northern Powerhouse, we have invested £1 billion in rail electrification which will mean more seats, and faster and more frequent rail services for passengers.</p><p> </p><p>We are working towards a faster, less congested road network and that means a reliable motorway network. Government has committed £2.9 billion of strategic road improvements across the North for the five year period to 2020. £500 million will also be invested for Local Authority major schemes. Government has allocated £1.3 billion for local highways maintenance in the North of England.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of how the £13bn will be spent can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-boost-for-northern-powerhouse" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-boost-for-northern-powerhouse</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition to this investment, the new Northern and TransPennine Express rail franchises will benefit from 500 brand new carriages, replacing the unpopular and outdated Pacer trains across the North. Government have also committed £75 million for further feasibility work on East-West road connections – one of the biggest challenges in the North. And most recently, following winter floods we have invested £180 million in the North to repair transport infrastructure, such as roads and bridges.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 31/05/2016 12:28:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 958 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood