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1002645

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Trains
	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 new Azuma Trains to commence services on the East Coast Main Line Service between London and Doncaster.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>LNER plan to bring the new trains into service from early 2019, to ensure passengers get the best possible customer experience. The department is working with Hitachi, the ORR, LNER, and Network Rail to ensure that these new trains enter service on the ECML as soon as possible, with rollout scheduled to be complete by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 14:02:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

992666

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Universal Credit
	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 (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed by his Department who are in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	182220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the requested information as the Department for Transport and its Executive Agencies do not record or collate information on staff in receipt of universal credit as standard.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/10/2018 17:49:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1000247

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Laing O'Rourke
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has he made of the financial sustainability of Laing O’Rourke and the ability of that company to fulfil its contractual responsibilities in relation to (a) railways and (b) highways.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	187373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s remit is delivered mostly through its Arm’s Length Bodies and Executive Agencies. Each body assesses prospective suppliers’ ability to deliver its obligations during each procurement exercise before the award of contracts. This to comply with procurement regulations and statute, as well as evaluate the company’s competence and capability. Before contracts are signed there are various layers of governance across the ALBs, the Department, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury depending on the circumstances of each procurement. There are also measures in place to monitor financial stability throughout the procurement lifecycle.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 15:24:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1000305

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2018 to Question 178322 on Train Operating Companies: Pay, whether he has asked the Rail Delivery Group to include executive pay in the development of a pay award system that uses CPI as the inflation measure for future pay deals.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	187388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The rail industry has been shifting away from RPI over time and most rail industry costs now are not linked to RPI, with the primary exception of wages. The Secretary of State for Transport has asked the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to develop an approach for how earnings growth for all employees could be more closely aligned with CPI, with the aim of ensuring that the railway is affordable for the fare paying and tax paying public. He has not made any reference to a ‘pay award system’ for any groups of staff.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Pay negotiations and the settlements reached by individual employers and trade unions remain a matter for local collective bargaining.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 13:42:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1002031

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2018 to Question 184392, on what date he plans to publish the PwC report on High Speed Two.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	188155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that we intend to publish the report before the House rises for the Christmas recess.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 14:15:18 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1002194

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Belfast Harbour: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have visited the Port of Belfast in the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long they spent at the port in each of those visits.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	188273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Port of Belfast has not been visited by Department for Transport ministers in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Numerous officials from across the Department for Transport engage with and visit the Port of Belfast in the course of their duties. Due to the number and variety of official level engagements it is not possible to provide a detailed breakdown of these visits as the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental visits to UK ports allow sufficient time for ministers and officials to observe port operations.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 13:28:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1002745

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Channel Tunnel: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and which (a) ministers and (b) officials of his Department have visited the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone over the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long was spent at the border in each of those visits.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	188697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Channel Tunnel was last visited by a Department for Transport Minister when the Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, visited on 25 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Numerous officials from across the Department for Transport engage with and visit the Channel Tunnel in the course of their duties. Due to the number and variety of official level engagements it is not possible to provide a detailed breakdown of these visits as the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 14:19:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810076

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Assistance Animals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will raise awareness of the requirement on taxis and private hire vehicles not to refuse carriage to assistance dog owners.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	120542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Assistance dogs perform a vital role for their owners, helping them to go about their lives independently, confidently and with dignity, and it is unacceptable that a minority of taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers continue to refuse their carriage.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to issue for consultation this year draft revised best practice guidance for local licensing authorities (LLAs), including strengthened recommendations on the provision of an inclusive service.</p><p> </p><p>It is our intention that the guidance will encourage LLAs to ensure that taxi and PHV drivers understand their legal duty to carry assistance dogs, and that non-compliance is addressed effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:09:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

810081

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he or the Civil Aviation Authority have received from the operators of Heathrow Airport on the effect of expansion at Heathrow on the company's Regulated Asset Base.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport and the CAA regularly meet with Heathrow Airport Limited to discuss a number of issues, including the preference for expansion via a new Northwest Runway at Heathrow Airport.</p><p> </p><p>The period of further consultation on the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement has now closed, and the Department will consider all responses made to both periods of consultations before deciding on next steps.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA has also started the process to define the shape and nature of a regulatory settlement, including examining the potential impacts of any expansion. It has done so through a series of public consultations, the latest <a href="https://www.caa.co.uk/CAP1610" target="_blank">CAP1610</a> is currently out for comment.</p><p> </p><p>Lastly, The Airports Commission considered the effects of expansion on Heathrow’s Regulatory Asset Base as part of its assessment of financeability. The Government subsequently validated that work.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:47:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

810082

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the financial value of new runway capacity at (a) Heathrow and (b) elsewhere to the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of its work, the independent Airports Commission shortlisted three schemes for airport expansion, two at Heathrow and one at Gatwick, following analysis of more than fifty proposals to meet the UK’s long term capacity needs.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 October 2016, the Government announced that it accepted the Commission’s recommendation for a new north-west runway at Heathrow Airport as its preferred option to deliver airport expansion in the south-east by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has undertaken an economic assessment of the impact of a new runway at Heathrow at a national level, taking account of changes in connectivity across the UK and beyond, which shows significant economic benefits of up to £74 billion. The same assessments are included for the Heathrow Extended Northern Runway and Gatwick Second Runway schemes in the Updated Appraisal Report published alongside the Revised Draft Airports National Policy Statement in October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:11:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable