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1627202

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date

11/05/2023

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Department for Transport

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Transport

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Transport

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Transport: Infrastructure

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25277

	pref label	House of Lords

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To ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the logistics infrastructure investment required over the next 30 years to support (1) UK business growth, (2) freight transport capacity growth, (3) freight transport decarbonisation, and (4) communities.

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Viscount Waverley

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HL7811

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

19/05/2023

answer text

The Government has not made an economy wide needs assessment for logistics infrastructure, such as warehouse and freight interchanges. The current and forecast needs of the road and rail freight sectors inform the prioritisation and delivery of the Roads Investment Strategy (RIS) and the Rail Network Enhancements Programme (RNEP).

answering member printed

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

question first answered

19/05/2023 11:23:25

answering member

4580

	label	Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton

tabling member

1744

	label	Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1627203

registered interest

date

11/05/2023

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

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25277

	pref label	House of Lords

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To ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the energy infrastructure investment required over the next 30 years to support freight transport and decarbonisation.

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Viscount Waverley

uin

HL7812

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

18/05/2023

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Through the Freight Energy Forum – a commitment in the Future of freight: a long-term plan (June 2022) - the Department will work with stakeholders from the freight and energy sectors to understand the infrastructure requirements across the freight system and to develop a specific Zero Emission HGV Infrastructure Strategy. The Strategy will ensure the delivery of the recharging and refuelling infrastructure required to meet the 2035 and 2040 phase out dates for non-zero emission HGVs. The Strategy will complement the zero- emission road freight demonstrator (ZERFD) programme. ZERFD will demonstrate multiple zero emission HGV technologies at scale on UK roads to identify how they can each best be used to decarbonise the heaviest HGVs. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles is working with fleets and industry bodies, such as the EV Fleet Accelerator and the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, to understand the diverse charging requirements of fleets and how these can be factored into local planning and strategies. Energy network operators are responsible for ensuring future demand can be met and they are incentivised to do so through the regulatory framework set out by Ofgem, the independent regulator. Since 1 April 2023 Ofgem has decided to socialise all the distribution network reinforcement costs for demand connections and to socialise a greater proportion of these costs for generation connections.

answering member printed

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

question first answered

18/05/2023 13:39:07

answering member

4580

	label	Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton

tabling member

1744

	label	Biography information for Viscount Waverley

994519

registered interest

date

25/10/2018

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities which have major ports have undertaken risk assessments of the potential effect of additional customs checks on the surrounding transport infrastructure after the UK leaves the EU; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those local authorities are developing plans to avoid or reduce possible disruption.

tabling member constituency

Carshalton and Wallington

tabling member printed

Tom Brake

uin

183828

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/10/2018

answer text

The Government expects to reach a deal with the EU which will avoid any such eventuality. But as a responsible Government we have to consider all eventualities, and are working to ensure that, should no deal be achieved, additional UK customs checks do not take place at the frontier, and so do not result in disruption to surrounding transport infrastructure. The possibility, that checks required by the EU in Member States might have such an effect, is being considered where appropriate by Local Resilience Fora (LRFs), with the ports themselves closely involved; and by the Devolved Administrations in relation to ports in their territories.Specifically in relation to the short Strait crossings from Dover and through the Channel Tunnel, we announced in May the development of Operation Brock which, in the event of serious disruption to those routes from whatever cause, will ensure that the M20 will be kept open and traffic will continue to flow in both directions. Operation Brock consists of three phases, a contraflow queuing system on the M20, a holding areas at Manston Airport and, if necessary, a holding area on the M26. The Department is working closely with the Kent Resilience Form, the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel and other associated bodies. The contraflow queuing system on the M20 will cost about £30 million to build and operate and would be used for all disruption events including those seen in 2015. The works required for the M26 are within the region of £5 million.

answering member constituency

Epsom and Ewell

answering member printed

Chris Grayling

grouped question UIN

183831

question first answered

30/10/2018 13:27:01

answering member

1413

	label	Biography information for Chris Grayling

tabling member

151

	label	Biography information for Tom Brake

528948

registered interest

date

27/06/2016

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of the British steel industry to future transport infrastructure projects in the UK.

tabling member constituency

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

tabling member printed

Tom Blenkinsop

uin

41298

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/06/2016

answer text

The Department has been working closely with BIS, Cabinet Office and industry to consider how Government can help the UK steel industry meet the challenges it has been facing. The bulk of infrastructure projects within the Department are being delivered by the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies (ALB), in particular, Network Rail, Highways England and HS2. Cabinet Office guidance on the approach to steel procurement has been circulated to the Accounting Officers of each ALB and procurement and commercial teams within these organisations are aware of the need to: <ul><li>Signal the future pipeline of requirements on steel sourcing and best practice in pre-procurement market engagement;</li></ul> <ul><li>Ensure there is clear visibility of opportunities at sub-contractor level where the source of steel has not been defined by a Tier 1 contractor;</li></ul> <ul><li>Assess the health and sustainability of potential suppliers in the supply chain at selection stage, including compliance with relevant health and safety and employment legislation;</li></ul> <ul><li>Ensure that the price or cost calculations are based on an assessment of the whole-life cost and not lowest purchase price;</li></ul> <ul><li>Take account of appropriate social and environmental impacts at the award stage where they are linked to the subject of the contract.</li></ul> As with the rest of the materials for construction, steel is procured by the supply chain for the majority of our infrastructure projects. The Department and its ALBs are complying with the Cabinet Office guidance and ensuring that, for instance, where appropriate, assessment of social and environmental impacts are considered as part of the evaluation criteria. The Department and its ALBs also positively encourage bids from British companies and are holding discussions with UK suppliers to make sure they are in the best possible position to win contracts. Activity currently underway is as follows: Network Rail<ul><li>Network Rail buys approximately 120,000 tonnes of steel for rails per annum directly from British Steel in Scunthorpe, which is around 96% of Network Rail’s total aggregated demand by value.</li></ul> Highways England<ul><li>Highways England does not procure steel materials directly, however over the last five years Highways England has used a category management framework as the main method of procuring steel gantries for the Strategic Road Network.</li></ul> <ul><li>To date circa 95% of this steel has been drawn from British Steel in the UK, which equates to approximately 11,000 tonnes of steel. The approximate framework spend is £30 million, of which about 35% will be steel procurement i.e. raw materials, and will equate to around £10.5 million.</li></ul> Crossrail<ul><li>The 57km of steel required for the rails of Crossrail’s brand new central tunnel section is being sourced entirely from British Steel in Scunthorpe. This equates to 7,000 tonnes of steel.</li></ul> <ul><li>Crossrail Ltd does not directly procure steel as this is undertaken by their tier 1 contractors and their supply chains. However, Crossrail keeps an oversight of its critical contracts and estimates that 85% of its supply chain providing steel to the project is UK based.</li></ul>HS2 <ul><li>It is estimated that HS2 will need approximately 2 million tonnes of steel over the next 10 years. The procurement for the main civil engineering works between Euston and Birmingham is now underway with procurements for the stations and rail systems expected to commence later this year and for rolling stock in early 2017. Subject to Royal Assent, the project will start construction in 2017.</li></ul> <ul><li>As with the rest of the materials for construction, steel is procured by the supply chain. HS2 positively encourages bids from British companies and is already holding discussions with UK suppliers to make sure they are in the best possible position to complete for contracts for the steel that will be needed for track, concrete reinforcements, overhead wires and other structures.</li></ul>

answering member constituency

Scarborough and Whitby

answering member printed

Mr Robert Goodwill

question first answered

30/06/2016 14:22:12

answering member

1562

	label	Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

tabling member

4037

	label	Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

1133653

registered interest

date

20/06/2019

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much capital funding from the public purse has been spent on transport infrastructure projects in each region of England in the years 2012-13 to 2016-17; and what estimate he has made of that funding per head of population in those regions.

tabling member constituency

Chesterfield

tabling member printed

Toby Perkins

uin

267297

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

26/06/2019

answer text

Figures on public sector expenditure at a regional level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. The statistics include spend on transport by all public sector organisations including the Department for Transport, Local Authorities, Public Corporations (in the case of transport, this is mainly spend by London Underground) and other Government Departments including devolved administrations. When comparing expenditure across regions a number of factors should be considered. For example, when expenditure is presented on a “per head of population” (or “per capita”) basis, it does not account for the pressure that large numbers of commuters and visitors from outside of a region can add to the transport networks. In addition, larger built-up areas (such as London) tend to make greater use of mass public transport systems, and these will generate fares income which contributes to their operating costs. Statistics for public sector capital expenditure by region of England are given in Table 1 below. Table 2 provides the equivalent statistics per capita. Capital expenditure has been used as a proxy for spending on infrastructure specifically, but may include some capital investment beyond transport infrastructure projects. Table 1: Total capital spending on all transport, by all public sector bodies (£millions nominal)<table><tbody><tr><td>Region</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td><td>2014-151</td><td>2015-16</td><td>2016-17</td></tr><tr><td>East Midlands</td><td>469</td><td>597</td><td>746</td><td>795</td><td>664</td></tr><tr><td>East of England</td><td>973</td><td>1,034</td><td>1,176</td><td>1,410</td><td>1,427</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>3,875</td><td>4,022</td><td>4,549</td><td>5,335</td><td>5,770</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>295</td><td>323</td><td>406</td><td>521</td><td>512</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>1,117</td><td>1,136</td><td>1,393</td><td>1,824</td><td>1,807</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>1,195</td><td>1,432</td><td>1,542</td><td>1,968</td><td>2,121</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>624</td><td>662</td><td>803</td><td>1,011</td><td>1,169</td></tr><tr><td>West Midlands</td><td>826</td><td>804</td><td>1,087</td><td>1,329</td><td>1,311</td></tr><tr><td>Yorkshire and the Humber</td><td>805</td><td>874</td><td>1,084</td><td>1,335</td><td>1,129</td></tr></tbody></table>1Due to the reclassification of Network Rail into the public sector from 2015-16, care should be taken when making historical comparisons.Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis</a> Table 2: Capital spending per capita, on all transport, by all public sector bodies(£s nominal)<table><tbody><tr><td>Region</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td><td>2014-151</td><td>2015-16</td><td>2016-17</td></tr><tr><td>East Midlands</td><td>£103</td><td>£130</td><td>£161</td><td>£170</td><td>£140</td></tr><tr><td>East of England</td><td>£165</td><td>£174</td><td>£195</td><td>£232</td><td>£233</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>£466</td><td>£478</td><td>£533</td><td>£616</td><td>£658</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>£113</td><td>£124</td><td>£155</td><td>£198</td><td>£194</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>£158</td><td>£160</td><td>£195</td><td>£254</td><td>£250</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>£137</td><td>£163</td><td>£174</td><td>£220</td><td>£235</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>£117</td><td>£123</td><td>£148</td><td>£185</td><td>£212</td></tr><tr><td>West Midlands</td><td>£146</td><td>£142</td><td>£190</td><td>£231</td><td>£226</td></tr><tr><td>Yorkshire and the Humber</td><td>£151</td><td>£164</td><td>£202</td><td>£248</td><td>£208</td></tr></tbody></table>1Due to the reclassification of Network Rail into the public sector from 2015-16, care should be taken when making historical comparisons.Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis</a> Total capital expenditure is prone to large year-on-year fluctuations as major projects are completed and funding to new projects begins. Large transport projects tend to require large sums of capital expenditure during construction, but deliver benefits for many years into the future. Consideration of this must be given when making year-on-year comparisons. Please note that 2017-18 data is available on HM Treasury’s publication webpage:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis</a>

answering member constituency

Northampton North

answering member printed

Michael Ellis

question first answered

26/06/2019 12:45:58

answering member

4116

	label	Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis

tabling member

3952

	label	Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1133654

registered interest

date

20/06/2019

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much capital funding from the public purse has been allocated to transport infrastructure projects in each region of England for 2018-19 to 2020-21; and what estimate he has made of that funding per head of population in each of those regions.

tabling member constituency

Chesterfield

tabling member printed

Toby Perkins

uin

267298

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/06/2019

answer text

The National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline 2018, published by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority sets out all capital investment funded by central government in English regions for the period 2018/19 to 2020/21. The regional analysis of the pipeline shows the funding per head for each English region, which is set out below: <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">NICP 2018 Central Government Transport investment 18/19-20/21</td></tr><tr><td>Investment Per Capita</td><td>Annual Average (£)</td></tr><tr><td>East Midlands</td><td>264</td></tr><tr><td>East of England</td><td>196</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>183</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>154</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>333</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>329</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>171</td></tr><tr><td>West Midlands</td><td>255</td></tr><tr><td>Yorkshire and The Humber</td><td>180</td></tr></tbody></table>

answering member constituency

Northampton North

answering member printed

Michael Ellis

question first answered

25/06/2019 10:20:03

answering member

4116

	label	Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis

tabling member

3952

	label	Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1307118

registered interest

date

12/04/2021

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals his Department’s Transport Acceleration Unit has put forward to accelerate the delivery of transport infrastructure projects.

tabling member constituency

Wimbledon

tabling member printed

Stephen Hammond

uin

178971

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

20/04/2021

answer text

The Acceleration Unit continues to provide the Secretary of State with regular updates and proposals for future projects and is due to discuss its delivery plan for the coming 12 months. The Unit is continuing its work following the publication of the National Bus Strategy. Through the Northern Transport Acceleration Council, 112 projects have been identified with northern leaders, including the Tees Valley hydrogen hub, dualling the A66, Northumberland Line and Hope Valley Line projects. The Unit is also engaged on progressing the Restoring Your Railway programme to delivery and is reviewing individual schemes for acceleration. It has also been commissioned to challenge the Cambridge South rail enhancement project.

answering member constituency

Pendle

answering member printed

Andrew Stephenson

question first answered

20/04/2021 15:15:25

answering member

4044

	label	Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

tabling member

1585

	label	Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1305157

registered interest

date

23/03/2021

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transport infrastructure projects his Department is planning in the (a) north of England and (b) Midlands to help deliver the Government's levelling up agenda.

tabling member constituency

South Holland and The Deepings

tabling member printed

Sir John Hayes

uin

174012

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/03/2021

answer text

The Government is delivering major investment in transport infrastructure in the North and Midlands to help unite and level up the UK. Last year’s Spending Review and National Infrastructure Strategy underlined the government’s ambition to deliver on key transport infrastructure projects and programmes in the North and Midlands. We are committed to increasing the share of investment in the North and Midlands, and enhancing critical rail and road networks in those regions. Investments we have set out have included:Boosting towns and cities in these regions – building on the Transforming Cities Fund which has committed over £500 million investment in public and sustainable transport in some of the Midlands’ largest city regions, with additional funding for five-year intra-city transport settlements for eight English city regions, of which six are in the North. We have also announced a £4 billion Levelling Up fund which will invest in local infrastructure including transport – e.g. bypasses and other local road schemes, bus lanes, and railway station upgrades. The National Bus Strategy, published this month, also sets out a bold vision for bus services in England outside London. Backed by £3 billion, the strategy will deliver better bus services for passengers, strengthening communities and sustaining town centres across the country. Delivering on major rail and road projects – this spring the Government intends to publish the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) for the North and Midlands, setting out how we will deliver HS2 Phase 2b, Northern Powerhouse Rail, Midlands Rail Hub and other major rail programmes in the North and Midlands. We are also working on restoring lines and stations closed during the Beeching cuts. Alongside this, a number of strategic roads projects in the North and Midlands will benefit from the £27 billion Roads Investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) funding package, while significant investment will contribute to local roads improvements.

answering member constituency

Redditch

answering member printed

Rachel Maclean

question first answered

29/03/2021 13:08:14

answering member

4668

	label	Biography information for Rachel Maclean

tabling member

350

	label	Biography information for Sir John Hayes

228231

registered interest

date

18/03/2015

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value is per capita for people living in (a) London and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber of his Department's capital investment in (i) roads, (ii) railways, (iii) airports and (iv) all transport infrastructure between 2010-11 and 2014-15.

tabling member constituency

York Central

tabling member printed

Sir Hugh Bayley

uin

228264

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/03/2015

answer text

Estimates for different types of identifiable Department for Transport capital expenditure per head (excluding expenditure by local authorities, public corporations and other Government Departments) is derived from the HM Treasury Country and Regional Analysis at<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/380589/Country_and_Regional_Analysis_November_2014_Combined.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/380589/Country_and_Regional_Analysis_November_2014_Combined.pdf</a>

answering member constituency

South Holland and The Deepings

answering member printed

Mr John Hayes

question first answered

23/03/2015 15:57:01

answering member

350

	label	Biography information for Sir John Hayes

tabling member

385

	label	Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

1308669

registered interest

date

13/04/2021

answering body

Department for Transport

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Transport

answering dept sort name

Transport

hansard heading

Transport: Infrastructure

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the transport infrastructure needs of rural and coastal communities in the South West region.

tabling member constituency

Torridge and West Devon

tabling member printed

Sir Geoffrey Cox

uin

180448

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

21/04/2021

answer text

Local areas are best placed to assess their transport infrastructure needs. With DfT funding, the two sub-national transport bodies in the South West, Peninsula Transport and Western Gateway, are in the process of developing transport strategies for their regions which will look at the entirety of the South West’s transport needs.

answering member constituency

Redditch

answering member printed

Rachel Maclean

question first answered

21/04/2021 15:24:05

answering member

4668

	label	Biography information for Rachel Maclean

tabling member

1508

	label	Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox