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65792

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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, whether rolling stock to be delivered to Northern Rail and TransPennine Express over the next six years will be configured to allow the option of retaining the operational role of the guard.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>A public consultation exercise is being conducted which will inform the franchise specifications. The consultation can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320806/northern-transpennine-consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320806/northern-transpennine-consultation.pdf</a>. No decisions have yet been made. However we expect it will be for the winning bidders of the Northern and TransPennine Express franchise competitions to decide what rolling stock to use and whether to configure this rolling stock to allow for retaining the operational role of the guard.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 15:06:38 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65904

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: Stornoway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornoway has permanent radio access to the radio network covering the Clyde, Arran and the Ayrshire coast.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	204102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The radio sites covering the Clyde, Arran and Ayrshire coast were transferred to Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) when Clyde MRCC closed in December 2012.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the pairing ‘infrastructure' there is a fixed link between Belfast and Stornoway MRCCs which enables Coastguards at Stornoway MRCC to have permanent radio access to the entire Belfast MRCC radio estate (or vice versa). In addition the MRCCs at Aberdeen or Shetland can ‘dial in' to provide further support if required.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:12:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

65907

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: Stornoway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	204100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During June 2014 Stornoway Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed below risk assessed levels on 25 occasions out of 60 shifts.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty's Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:10:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

65906

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Liverpool was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	204101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During June 2014 Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed below risk assessed levels on 27 occasions out of 60 shifts.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty's Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:11:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

65905

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: Belfast
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	204099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During June 2014 Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed below risk assessed levels on 25 occasions out of 60 shifts.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty's Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:08:39 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

65786

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the effect of the EU Sulphur Directive on (a) the shipping industry, (b) jobs and (c) the environment; and what the outcome of the conversations has been.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	203939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the last eighteen months, there have been several meetings between officials from the Department for Transport and their French counterparts　to consider the effect of the EU Directive on sulphur content of marine fuels on the shipping industry, jobs and the environment. One of these meetings was a quadripartite meeting between UK and French officials and representatives of the UK Chamber of Shipping and its counterpart, the Armateurs de France.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of these discussions, the governments of the UK and France have supported applications to secure EU finance under the Trans-European Network (TEN-T) programme, and affordable capital through the European Investment Bank, on the part of shipowners and ports which wish to invest in green technologies.　 We have also obtained an assurance from the European Commission that it will meet individual ferry operators who wish to discuss their ‘route to compliance' strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:03:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

65793

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Brighton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has considered funding in the 2019 to 2024 spending review for the Brighton Mainline 2; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	203873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has not yet begun the process of formally considering options for funding during railway Control Period 6 (2019 to 2024). When this process formally commences in 2015, it will likely identify a range of potential options for investment, some of which may include elements of the wide ranging proposals, collectively known as &quot;Brighton Main Line 2.&quot;</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:00:50 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65730

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Police: Ports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which chief officers of territorial police forces have used the Marine Navigation Act 2013 to permit port constables to act outside their port area for policing purposes connected with the port constable's police area.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	203891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Of the six English port police forces, able to use the Marine Navigation Act, the port police forces for Bristol, Dover and Teesport have sought and received the consent of the Chief Constable of the relevant territorial police force to exercise certain powers outside their port area, while a fourth, Liverpool Port Police, is currently seeking it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:07:13 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop