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758341

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Green Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on circumstances in which the special share in the Green Investment Bank (GIB) held by the Green Purposes Company Ltd can be used to approve or reject changes to GIB's green purposes as set out in the objects of its Articles of Association.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	8995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Following the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), should the company wish to amend, remove or alter the green objective within the objects of its Articles of Association, it must seek written approval from the Green Purposes Company Limited (GPC), which holds a special share in GIB (now called the Green Investment Group (GIG)).</p><p> </p><p>The five trustees of GPC, who are independent of Government and the GIG, will form a judgement on the proposed amendment, and will either approve or reject the change to ensure that the green mission of the GIG is not weakened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2017 13:46:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

802307

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Biofuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the 36 per cent increase in the use of bioenergy envisaged in the Clean Growth Strategy the Government plans will come from woody biomass.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	117994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The modelling used to derive the changes in annual final energy consumption in 2032, relative to the existing policies scenario did not differentiate between different types of biomass fuels. The figure in Table 11 of the Clean Growth Strategy can be taken to represent a mixture of biogenic fuels, including woody biomass, waste and other sources.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/12/2017 15:57:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

810163

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the sensitivity analysis which sets out the emissions reductions by each sector of the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	120629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy publishes annual updated energy and emissions projections, which project future energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. These include projections of emissions reductions by sector, and sensitivity to fossil fuel prices and economic growth.</p><p>The 2017 energy and emissions projections are the most recent published projections, and were published on Jan 2<sup>nd</sup> 2018. They are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:12:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

810609

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Aviation: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 85 of the Government's Clean Growth Strategy, what estimate he has made of the actual and projected emissions for the aviation sector for (a) 2030, (b) 2040 and (c) 2050; and what estimate he has made of the required level of aviation emissions if emissions from from transport need to be as low as 3 Mt by 2050.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	120954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Latest BEIS data shows that carbon dioxide emissions from UK departing flights in 2015 were 34.5 Mt. DfT’s October 2017 aviation forecasts give CO2 emissions from UK departing flights of between 36.6 and 45.7Mt in 2030; between 36.3 and 45.1Mt in 2040; and between 35.0 and 44.3Mt in 2050, depending on demand scenario and airport capacity options.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will set out its strategic approach to the aviation sector in a series of consultations leading to the publication of a new Aviation Strategy for the UK. The Strategy will consider what the best approach and combination of policy measures are to ensure we effectively address carbon emissions from aviation.</p><p> </p><p>The 3 Mt figure quoted from page 85 of the Clean Growth Strategy concerns emissions from transport not including domestic or international aviation and shipping.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:28:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

765423

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on employment of the introduction of autonomous vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	105482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Technological progress has often resulted in shifts in the labour market, and the rise of automation is an example of such a shift.</p><p>We believe that new opportunities will be opened up by connected and autonomous vehicle technologies: For example, new high-skilled jobs will be created in their development: we have estimated that the domestic market for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) alone will be worth £28bn by 2035, and that production of CAVs and CAV technologies in the UK will support over 27,000 jobs. 70% of the jobs relating to CAV technology are estimated to be in highly-skilled professional and technical roles in software-related industries. In addition, there will be significant social and economic benefits, which we believe will be a net gain to society, including access to jobs and social inclusion for those that currently find it difficult to get around.</p><p>We are engaging in a broad programme of research, development, demonstration, including exploring the full range of social and behavioural impacts of this technology.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2017 12:01:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

385557

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the electrification of the Midland Mainline; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	4179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>We are pausing electrification works on Midland Mainline pending the proposals we have commissioned from Sir Peter Hendy in the autumn for how the rail upgrade programme will be carried out. On the Midland Mainline, better services can be delivered on that line before electrification using capacity and speed improvement works. The progress already made to enable the electrification of the Midland Mainline includes detailed design, bridge construction and some of the piling for overhead masts. This work will assist with our future plans for the electrification of the route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2015 14:48:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

391896

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Chase Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) work has been carried out and (b) expenditure has been made on work to electrify and upgrade the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley to date.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	8229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail is carrying out the work to improve the Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley Line. They have advised that £27.3m has been incurred so far on the project to electrify the line. Work carried out to date has included the structures clearance work, detailed design of the electrification system, and the contract award to ABC Electrification, the main contractor.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The route clearance work is substantially complete and has gone well. This has involved 5 bridges being reconstructed, and 11 track lowerings being undertaken. The remaining significant civil engineering work is to lift the headroom in Park St Tunnel, Walsall, which is scheduled to be carried out from October 2015 to May 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An interfacing scheme (journey time improvement between Ryecroft and Rugeley) is currently in the detailed design phase.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:26:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

391897

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Chase Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether electrification of the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley is included in the projects paused as part of the assessment of the High Level Output Specification.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	8230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The electrification of the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley is continuing and is scheduled to be completed by December 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:38:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

453827

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail Line: Sanitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned availability of toilet facilities is (a) on Crossrail trains and (b) at Crossrail train stations.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	27646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Elizabeth line, being constructed by Crossrail, will be a high-frequency metro-style train service, and will carry an estimated 200 million passengers a year.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of journeys will be of a short duration and on board toilets would take up a significant amount of space.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not intended that toilets will be provided on the new trains as these would displace approximately 600 passengers per hour. 80 per cent of stations on the Elizabeth line will have toilet facilities.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2016 16:31:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

444754

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requests for information his Department made regarding the cutting to 15 minutes the length of delay after which compensation for train passengers will kick in.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	22351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>In our manifesto we committed to improve compensation for delayed rail passengers and the Spending Review reiterated this. We have already changed the system to get compensation paid in cash, not travel vouchers, and we are putting new compensation obligations like automatic delay/repay into future franchise specifications.</p><br /><p>We will negotiate hard with rail operators to get even better compensation arrangements for passengers and are considering options on this at the moment.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2016 15:29:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake