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926548

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport Limited
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 June 2018 on Contingency Liability: Notification (HCWS748), whether his Department’s decision to provide taxpayer indemnities to Heathrow Airport Limited is contingent on the third Runway proceeding.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	154667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The contingent liabilities entered into as part of the tripartite deal between the Department, Heathrow Airport and First Greater Western were about securing the future of the Heathrow Express services and delivering significant benefits to the Department, such as the savings generated from not building a replacement depot for Heathrow Express rolling stock at Langley as part of the HS2 scheme. They are not contingent on the third Runway proceeding.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/06/2018 16:38:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

997305

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce which rail market-led proposals have been successful in securing approval to proceed to the next stage of the process; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	184936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has received 30 responses to its call for ideas for market-led proposals to enhance the railway, which it launched in March this year. These submissions covered a wide range of railway enhancements, but the department cannot make an announcement about individual schemes at this time as these proposals were submitted in confidence and such disclosure may prejudice the commercial interests of the proposers. Individual promoters will be contacted later in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 184937 question first answered 02/11/2018 12:32:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

997306

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail market-led proposals for the construction of new railways by private sector firms he has received; and if he will list those proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	184937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has received 30 responses to its call for ideas for market-led proposals to enhance the railway, which it launched in March this year. These submissions covered a wide range of railway enhancements, but the department cannot make an announcement about individual schemes at this time as these proposals were submitted in confidence and such disclosure may prejudice the commercial interests of the proposers. Individual promoters will be contacted later in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 184936 question first answered 02/11/2018 12:32:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

419069

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Blockchain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to the UK economy of blockchain technology.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	10493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government Office for Science is conducting a review of distributed ledger technology, which encompasses Blockchain technology, to highlight the potential benefits of distributed ledgers to the delivery of public services, and to help government identify and remove roadblocks to their safe and effective use.</p><p>The review is being conducted by a panel of experts drawn from academia, business and government under the direction of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser. Their findings and recommendations will be published in a report this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/10/2015 11:46:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

512919

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support research into and development of machine learning.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	33949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills supports the research and development of machine learning through the Research Councils, for example the current Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council portfolio contains nearly 150 research and training grants involving aspects of artificial intelligence.</p><p>The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Hartree Centre uses high performance computing combined with big data analytics, cognitive computing and visualisation techniques to collaborate with industry and research partners. The latest government investment of £113 million at Hartree in a cognitive and data centric computing centre (announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement) has attracted inward investment from IBM and other hi-tech industry exceeding £200 million.</p><p>Research Councils also support existing machine learning applications, for example the Medical Research Council support programmes which involve the use of machine learning tools for image analysis and in analysing and predicting risk of Serious Adverse Events for hospital patients.</p><p>The Arts and Humanities Research Council also support aspects of research and development on machine learning relating to its importance within the rapidly emerging field of the digital humanities and issues relating to ethical, philosophical, legal and historical perspectives of machine learning and human-computer interactions.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/04/2016 14:56:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

523376

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Space Debris
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to promote action to remove space debris.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	39726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom, through the UK Space Agency (UKSA), is one of the thirteen members of the Inter-Agency Debris Coordination (IADC) Committee, which considers the risks posed by space debris. Our national experts, along with more than a hundred experts from other agencies including NASA, met at Harwell in March 2016 for the annual IADC meeting to discuss many issues, including the need for the removal of space debris from orbit, and how that could best be accomplished.</p><p>The UK is leading studies in partnership with other national agencies to model the future space environment and identify the most effective ways of mitigating the future hazard of space debris.</p><p>UKSA is working with its international partners in technical forums such as the IADC to develop scientific consensus on the best way to manage the hazard posed by debris, such as how many objects might need to be removed, and from where. UKSA is also working to build political consensus within UN forums such as the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to enable such missions to go ahead with appropriate supervision and support from the international community. This includes developing appropriate regulatory/oversight frameworks within the UK’s Outer Space Act which allow such technologies to be tested and demonstrated safely in the increasingly congested and contested space environment.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/06/2016 16:57:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

874864

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail Line: Northfleet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current safeguarding status in relation to Crossrail is of the land at Station house on the south side of Railway street, Northfleet, Kent, Title Number K972486.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	135165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold this information, nor does it manage enquiries about safeguarding along the route. More specific advice can be obtained by emailing a plan of the relevant site to Crossrail Limited at <a href="mailto:safeguarding@crossrail.co.uk" target="_blank">safeguarding@crossrail.co.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The safeguarded route between Abbey Wood and Hoo Junction, including the area around Northfleet, is available on Crossrail Limited’s website at <a href="http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/safeguarding/abbey-wood-to-hoo-junction" target="_blank">http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/safeguarding/abbey-wood-to-hoo-junction</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/04/2018 15:17:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

874865

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail Line: Northfleet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the safeguarding route for Crossrail in the area around Northfleet, Kent.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	135166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The safeguarded route between Abbey Wood and Hoo Junction, including the area around Northfleet, is available on Crossrail Limited’s website at <a href="http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/safeguarding/abbey-wood-to-hoo-junction" target="_blank">http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/safeguarding/abbey-wood-to-hoo-junction</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/04/2018 15:20:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

820843

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the invitation to tender for the West Coast Franchise will be issued; for what reasons that invitation for tender was not issued in November 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	122261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The West Coast Partnership (WCP) franchise is a new type of franchise securing a partner for the DfT and HS2 Ltd to support this key infrastructure project for the UK. As a result, it includes a number of complex additional elements which require careful consideration. To ensure the right proposition is developed to deliver the benefits of this project for passengers, a draft ITT was shared for consultation with shortlisted bidders in November 2017 on a commercially confidential basis. We expect to publish the final ITT early this year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/01/2018 13:16:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

939916

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway
	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 allocated from the public purse for advertising the LNER service on London buses.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	163590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>£87,706 was spent on London buses in respect of the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) brand awareness campaign which was commissioned prior to 24 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The East Coast mainline continues to generate operating profits and LNER pays money into the public purse.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/07/2018 15:57:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown