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1659238

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what reassurances regarding employment they are providing to railway station staff in advance of a decision about the closure of railway ticket offices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL9973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Whilst it is our expectation that no currently staffed station should be unstaffed as a result of industry changes, it is for train operators to decide on their staffing arrangements at each of the stations from which they operate services, so they can best meet the needs of passengers. As part of this train operators will discuss employment matters with trade unions as part of their own collective bargaining processes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/09/2023 13:57:09 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1659237

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect a decision to be announced regarding the closure of railway ticket offices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL9972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on ticket offices closed on 1 September. We are now in a period where the independent passenger bodies (Transport Focus and London TravelWatch) are engaging with train operators on the basis of the consultation responses they have received and the criteria they have set out. We expect train operators to work collaboratively with the passenger bodies in the coming weeks, to listen to the concerns raised and to refine their proposals accordingly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/09/2023 13:46:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1659230

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announcement on 7 September that the UK will re-join the EU's Horizon and Copernicus programmes, whether they will include the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to facilitate early improvements in the reliability and air safety of small airports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL9965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is separate to the Horizon and Copernicus Programmes. The DfT is working with other departments to understand the case for a UK Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS). As well as replacing the functionality of EGNOS, this system could offer benefits across transport and multiple Critical National Infrastructure sectors. To support this, the DfT is assessing the requirements following loss of access to EGNOS. The DfT is funding a UK SBAS testbed project to demonstrate the capabilities of such a system. This will inform the DfT’s consideration on next steps for this work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/09/2023 11:42:48 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1659229

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Isles of Scilly
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what factors they will take into account in accepting a recommendation from the Council of the Isles of Scilly to accept a bid for new vessels paid for by the Levelling Up Fund, in the absence of a competitive tendering process.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL9964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Council for the Isles of Scilly are required to obtain an approved Full Business Case to secure a levelling up fund grant in line with their bid to purchase vessels and harbour works that complies with the Treasury Green Book and the levelling up criteria.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/09/2023 13:38:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1658897

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	NATS: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what penalties have been incurred by NATS Holdings for failure to meet service targets in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
	uin	HL9963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sets targets and financial incentives on NATS (En Route) Plc’s service quality for three measures related to delays - average delay, peak delay and delay impact score and one environmental measure relating to flight efficiency. In the Reference Period (RP) 2 period (2015-2019), penalties were applied in relation to NERL’s delay performance for both 2016 (£0.42 million) and 2018 (£0.26 million) where it contributed to delays that were above its target levels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 14/09/2023 16:26:24 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

1470897

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports and Ports: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delays and cancellations experienced by passengers at (1) airports, and (2) ports, in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The aviation industry operates in the private sector, therefore it is the responsibility of the industry to manage demand, recruit and roster staff and have appropriate mitigations in place.</p><p>The Secretary of State and Minister for Aviation have made clear to the industry that the level of disruption that aviation passengers have faced is unacceptable and cannot be repeated.</p><p>Since the beginning of the year, Ministers and Officials have and will continue to extensively engage with the sector to gain a greater understanding of the issues facing the industry. We have taken action in a range of areas, including security alleviations, skills, recruitment and consumer rights to support the aviation industry. On 21 June the Government laid regulations before Parliament that will give airlines a one-off “amnesty” on airport slots rules, allowing them to hand back slots ahead of the summer peak. This will give airlines a short window to hand back slots for the rest of the summer season that they are not confident they will be able to operate.</p><p>The Department has established a Strategic Risk Group that meets weekly and Chaired by the Aviation Minister and attended by industry CEOs. This group holds industry to account for delivering a robust service working jointly with them were appropriate to deliver solutions. In support there is a senior officials Summer Resilience Group chaired by DfT with Home Office and industry operational leaders, and a Task and Finish group to support information and communications for consumers.</p><p>The Aviation Minister also regularly engages with Minister Hinds, Minister of State and Security to address possible issues at the border, jointly hosting an aviation industry roundtable 12 May providing industry with a comprehensive update from Border Force on their preparations.</p><p>The Department and Civil Aviation Authority jointly wrote to the aviation industry 14 June to outline the five priorities for minimising further disruption over the summer. These being that airlines must review schedules to make sure that they are deliverable, that everyone in the sector must collaborate on resilience planning, that passengers are informed of their consumer rights and if necessary compensated in good time, that assistance to disabled and less mobile passengers is to a high standard and that safety and security must never be compromised.</p><p>The Department recognises that there are always significant numbers of passengers at peak time departing from Dover by ferry to the Continent and Officials continue to work closely with the Port of Dover and the ferry operators to ensure that passengers face minimal delays in boarding, as well as with the Kent Resilience Forum planning in order to ensure that the right traffic management arrangements are applied.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 29/06/2022 14:22:15 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1658884

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Disability: Parliamentary Estate
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 3 July (HL Deb col 991), when they will publish a response to the Policy Exchange paper A Culture of Impunity: The ongoing erosion of disabled people's access to Parliament and Westminster, published on 8 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
	uin	HL9950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government agrees that disabled people should be able to go about their everyday business without being affected by the unlawful and inconsiderate actions of others. It agrees that the issues highlighted in the Policy Exchange paper, including the disruptive actions of protestors and the inconsiderate behaviour of some cyclists and e-scooter riders, can have a disproportionately negative impact on the journeys of disabled people in and around the Westminster area.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government does not agree that there is a culture of impunity in relation to these issues. Cycling or riding an e-scooter on the pavement is already an offence, and enforcement of this is a matter for the police, who also have powers to deal with protestors who are blocking the pavement or highway. Like all highway authorities, Westminster City Council has the power to remove items including abandoned rental cycles or scooters from the pavement or highway if they are causing an obstruction. Operational decisions on these and other issues are a matter for the police and Westminster City Council.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/09/2023 11:42:04 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

1658874

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling: Audio Equipment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned any recent studies on the safety implications of wearing of headphones while cycling.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL9940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>No recent studies have been carried out on the safety implications of wearing of headphones while cycling.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/09/2023 13:30:41 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1658871

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the abuse of the driving test block booking system through the purchase and resale of test appointments by unofficial brokers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lingfield
	uin	HL9937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>DVSA has already taken a range of measures to restrict abuse of driving test booking services.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA is continuing to take steps to block cancellation services from accessing the booking system. These applications, however, are constantly evolving and changing, and the DVSA’s work on this is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 14/09/2023 13:27:35 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4194 label Biography information for Lord Lingfield

1658862

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what monitoring is currently or planned to be carried out of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from road run-off; and what assessment has been made of this pollution, and particulate pollution, from electric vehicles.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL9928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>National Highways, in collaboration with the Environment Agency, have recently undertaken further in-situ monitoring of a range of chemical determinands, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as part of its recent Phase 2 microplastic field monitoring programme on the strategic road network. The project was completed earlier this year (2023) and the report and findings will be published on National Highways’ website shortly.</p><p>The Department commissioned a 4-year research project in February 2021 to investigate the measurement techniques, materials properties and control parameters of brake and tyre wear emissions from road vehicles. The project will also assess differences in particulate emission from tyre and brake wear in electric vehicles compared to petrol/diesel vehicles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/09/2023 09:44:44 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle