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	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport for Wales Rail Services: Bristol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department will not allow additional Transport for Wales train services to serve Bristol Temple Meads station.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	278936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Capacity on the rail network in the Bristol area is currently restricted. The Agency Agreement signed by the Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers sets out the limitations that needed to be considered by bidders for the current Wales &amp; Borders franchise when they were developing their proposals in respect of English services. That restriction was put in place because capacity is limited in the Bristol area and, as well as additional services from Wales, local authorities in the Bristol area have been planning to upgrade Bristol local services for many years.</p><p> </p><p>Upgrade works for the Bristol area network are currently being developed through the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline process. Until these upgrade works are completed, it is not possible to allow bids for unplanned additional train services.</p><p> </p><p>Given this background, bidders for the Wales &amp; Borders franchise were advised not to propose English services on the route prior to completion of those works. That restriction continues in the new Wales &amp; Borders franchise which started last October.</p><p> </p><p>The new franchise operator (Transport for Wales Rail Services) will have the ability to bid for paths to Bristol during the life of the new 15-year franchise once any relevant infrastructure works are completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/07/2019 11:12:47 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1043715

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of infrastructure spending on the Network Rail Wales route.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	210022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Throughout Control Period 5, covering the years 2014-2019, £900m has been invested by Network Rail in the rail network in Wales. Network Rail’s proposed investment for the rail network in Wales during Control Period 6, covering the period from 2019 to 2024, is £1.34bn. The Welsh Government also now have responsibility for franchising rail services in Wales, and franchises bring investment. For example, the new Transport for Wales franchise will recruit an additional 600 members of staff, and invest £194m in station improvements.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/01/2019 14:15:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1043716

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Wales Main Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the difference between Intercity Express Train service speeds on Network Rail routes between (a) Bristol and London and (b) the Severn Tunnel and Swansea.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	210051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Intercity Express Train services between Bristol and London have a maximum line speed of up to 125mph, as opposed to 90mph between the Severn Tunnel and Swansea.</p><p> </p><p>South Wales benefits from the £5bn investment in the Great Western route.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/01/2019 14:28:42 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1043717

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of giving the Welsh Government shared oversight over the specification and operation of all rail franchises operating in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	210052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>During 2018 the Welsh rail devolution arrangements were further strengthened in line with the recommendations of the Commission on Devolution in Wales (the Silk Commission). In the lead up to this, the need for closer working between the Department and the Welsh Government in respect of cross-border services of franchises specified and managed by the Department was fully recognised and agreed. These arrangements are set out in sections 7 and 8 of the Co-operation and Collaboration Agreement between the Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers published on 11 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/01/2019 13:57:17 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

787022

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Crown Lands and Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total and (b) average value of properties escheated to the Crown Estate has been in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	112372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the number of properties that have become subject to escheat over the last five years, as The Crown Estate is reliant upon third parties notifying it of the events which may lead to escheat. However, I can provide the below information on the number of properties notified to The Crown Estate as escheat and the number of properties sold in the given years. The figures for total number of properties sold between 2000 and 2006 are not immediately available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Notified to The Crown Estate</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A wide range of properties can become subject to escheat, from a strip of land following road works to the assets of a lapsed property management company. More substantive properties represent a small proportion of all escheat properties. Properties usually become subject to escheat as they have been renounced, and they therefore tend to be low value or subject to liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The value of all properties which may be subject to escheat and which have been notified to The Crown Estate is not known, as no such valuation is undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>The average length of time for properties to remain subject to escheat is not readily available. Only a small proportion of properties subject to escheat is sold, and it is possible for properties to remain subject to escheat indefinitely.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the amount of land covered by escheat properties because (a) the exact number of properties which have become subject to escheat is not known and (b) The Crown Estate does not, in its constitutional role, make enquiries in relation to properties which are subject to escheat.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 112369 112370 112371 112373 question first answered 15/11/2017 16:16:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

787023

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Crown Lands and Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time is for properties to remain subject to escheat under the Crown Estate.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	112373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the number of properties that have become subject to escheat over the last five years, as The Crown Estate is reliant upon third parties notifying it of the events which may lead to escheat. However, I can provide the below information on the number of properties notified to The Crown Estate as escheat and the number of properties sold in the given years. The figures for total number of properties sold between 2000 and 2006 are not immediately available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Notified to The Crown Estate</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A wide range of properties can become subject to escheat, from a strip of land following road works to the assets of a lapsed property management company. More substantive properties represent a small proportion of all escheat properties. Properties usually become subject to escheat as they have been renounced, and they therefore tend to be low value or subject to liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The value of all properties which may be subject to escheat and which have been notified to The Crown Estate is not known, as no such valuation is undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>The average length of time for properties to remain subject to escheat is not readily available. Only a small proportion of properties subject to escheat is sold, and it is possible for properties to remain subject to escheat indefinitely.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the amount of land covered by escheat properties because (a) the exact number of properties which have become subject to escheat is not known and (b) The Crown Estate does not, in its constitutional role, make enquiries in relation to properties which are subject to escheat.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 112369 112370 112371 112372 question first answered 15/11/2017 16:16:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

787024

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Administration of Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many properties have been subject to escheat under the Crown Estate in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	112369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the number of properties that have become subject to escheat over the last five years, as The Crown Estate is reliant upon third parties notifying it of the events which may lead to escheat. However, I can provide the below information on the number of properties notified to The Crown Estate as escheat and the number of properties sold in the given years. The figures for total number of properties sold between 2000 and 2006 are not immediately available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Notified to The Crown Estate</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A wide range of properties can become subject to escheat, from a strip of land following road works to the assets of a lapsed property management company. More substantive properties represent a small proportion of all escheat properties. Properties usually become subject to escheat as they have been renounced, and they therefore tend to be low value or subject to liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The value of all properties which may be subject to escheat and which have been notified to The Crown Estate is not known, as no such valuation is undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>The average length of time for properties to remain subject to escheat is not readily available. Only a small proportion of properties subject to escheat is sold, and it is possible for properties to remain subject to escheat indefinitely.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the amount of land covered by escheat properties because (a) the exact number of properties which have become subject to escheat is not known and (b) The Crown Estate does not, in its constitutional role, make enquiries in relation to properties which are subject to escheat.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 112370 112371 112372 112373 question first answered 15/11/2017 16:16:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

787025

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Administration of Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of land covered by properties escheating to the Crown Estate.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	112370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the number of properties that have become subject to escheat over the last five years, as The Crown Estate is reliant upon third parties notifying it of the events which may lead to escheat. However, I can provide the below information on the number of properties notified to The Crown Estate as escheat and the number of properties sold in the given years. The figures for total number of properties sold between 2000 and 2006 are not immediately available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Notified to The Crown Estate</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A wide range of properties can become subject to escheat, from a strip of land following road works to the assets of a lapsed property management company. More substantive properties represent a small proportion of all escheat properties. Properties usually become subject to escheat as they have been renounced, and they therefore tend to be low value or subject to liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The value of all properties which may be subject to escheat and which have been notified to The Crown Estate is not known, as no such valuation is undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>The average length of time for properties to remain subject to escheat is not readily available. Only a small proportion of properties subject to escheat is sold, and it is possible for properties to remain subject to escheat indefinitely.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the amount of land covered by escheat properties because (a) the exact number of properties which have become subject to escheat is not known and (b) The Crown Estate does not, in its constitutional role, make enquiries in relation to properties which are subject to escheat.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 112369 112371 112372 112373 question first answered 15/11/2017 16:16:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

787026

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Crown Lands and Estates: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many properties escheating to the Crown Estate were disposed of in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	112371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the number of properties that have become subject to escheat over the last five years, as The Crown Estate is reliant upon third parties notifying it of the events which may lead to escheat. However, I can provide the below information on the number of properties notified to The Crown Estate as escheat and the number of properties sold in the given years. The figures for total number of properties sold between 2000 and 2006 are not immediately available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Notified to The Crown Estate</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Properties Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A wide range of properties can become subject to escheat, from a strip of land following road works to the assets of a lapsed property management company. More substantive properties represent a small proportion of all escheat properties. Properties usually become subject to escheat as they have been renounced, and they therefore tend to be low value or subject to liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The value of all properties which may be subject to escheat and which have been notified to The Crown Estate is not known, as no such valuation is undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>The average length of time for properties to remain subject to escheat is not readily available. Only a small proportion of properties subject to escheat is sold, and it is possible for properties to remain subject to escheat indefinitely.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the amount of land covered by escheat properties because (a) the exact number of properties which have become subject to escheat is not known and (b) The Crown Estate does not, in its constitutional role, make enquiries in relation to properties which are subject to escheat.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 112369 112370 112372 112373 question first answered 15/11/2017 16:16:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

720763

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a fitness-to-drive assessment by the DVLA was (a) for each licensing group, (b) due to sudden disabling events and (c) due to DVLA notification by drivers or healthcare professionals in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	70843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deals with more than 600,000 medical cases every year. The length of time taken to deal with an application depends on the medical condition and whether further information is required from medical professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has made major improvements in this area, including introducing an electronic service which allows drivers to notify the DVLA online about certain medical conditions. The DVLA has recruited 100 extra casework staff as well as more doctors to deal with complex cases. Three nurses have also been employed to help deal with certain cases and further recruitment is underway.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated team has been put in place which is responsible for continuous improvement of medical driver licensing services and communications. Letters to customers and medical professionals have been improved, helping to ensure that the DVLA receives the information it needs as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>These changes have produced significant and sustainable improvements. The table below shows the average number of working days taken to make a licensing for all medical cases since 2014/15. Comparable information prior to April 2014 about the time taken to make a licensing decision is not available as the way this information is recorded changed at that time. Specific information on the time taken to make a licensing decision for each driver licensing group, following a sudden disabling event or a notification to the DVLA by drivers or health professionals is not readily available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>April 2014 - March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2015 - March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2016 - March 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/04/2017 10:57:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden