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47349

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve transport connections between Windsor and London.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	195451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The programme to increase passenger capacity on the Windsor to Waterloo railway by 25% is now under way and will be completed in early 2015. 60 additional carriages are being incorporated into an extended and refurbished fleet of trains to operate as a maximum 10 carriage train length. The first additional vehicles are now in service. From May 2014, platform 20 of the former Waterloo International station will be brought into use for scheduled services. Construction of Crossrail is now half completed and electrification of the Great Western Main Line is also under way; the Slough to Windsor &amp; Eton Central line will be electrified by 2019. The Highways Agency is welcoming preliminary comments on the M4 Smart Motorway scheme between Junction 3 (Hayes) and Junction 12 (Theale) until the end of April 2014, and will conduct a formal public consultation on the scheme in the autumn. Subject to development consent and the final business case, construction could start in spring 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

60434

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) number and (b) gross tonnage was of (i) non-UK owned and (ii) non-UK registered offshore supply vessels operating on the UK Continental Shelf in each year since 2000-01.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	199455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency collates a record of vessels registered on the United Kingdom Ship Register (UKSR). It does not hold a record of shipping on the registers of other national administrations, which could include UK owned vessels.</p><p> </p><p>As of 9 June there were 159 offshore vessels on the UKSR, totalling 556,975 gross tonnage. No historical record is held with the kind of breakdown requested for previous years.</p><p> </p><p>Neither is a record held of where ships operate, and hence the vessels mentioned above may be operating worldwide, not just on the UK Continental Shelf.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 199456 question first answered 16/06/2014 14:57:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

60435

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) number and (b) gross tonnage was of (i) UK owned and (ii) UK registered offshore supply vessels in each year since 2000-01.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	199456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency collates a record of vessels registered on the United Kingdom Ship Register (UKSR). It does not hold a record of shipping on the registers of other national administrations, which could include UK owned vessels.</p><p> </p><p>As of 9 June there were 159 offshore vessels on the UKSR, totalling 556,975 gross tonnage. No historical record is held with the kind of breakdown requested for previous years.</p><p> </p><p>Neither is a record held of where ships operate, and hence the vessels mentioned above may be operating worldwide, not just on the UK Continental Shelf.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 199455 question first answered 16/06/2014 14:57:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63967

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	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 potential increase in passenger numbers on (a) the TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail lines during the life of the next franchises starting in February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Between 2002 and 2012 rail demand in the North of England grew by a total of 66% and demand is expected to continue to grow. The Department for Transport is currently preparing its own forecasts of passenger demand for the next franchises to inform the specification.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/07/2014 12:30:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63968

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the match between service levels and passenger demand on each section of the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Between 2002 and 2012 rail demand in the North of England grew by a total of 66% and demand is expected to continue to grow. The Department for Transport is currently preparing its own forecasts of passenger demand for the next franchises to inform the specification.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Northern and TransPennine Express franchises consultation document included information from the Government's Rail Investment Strategy for the period up to March 2019. This set out the number of passengers to be accommodated on services into Leeds and Manchester on a weekday during the morning peak period, as set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Table 2.2 Number of passengers to be accommodated into Leeds and Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Peak Three Hours</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>High-Peak Hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Forecast demand in 2013/14</p></td><td><p>Extra demand to be met by 2018/19</p></td><td><p>Forecast demand in 2013/14</p></td><td><p>Extra demand to be met by 2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>25,400</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>28,100</p></td><td><p>6,200</p></td><td><p>13,600</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HLOS (2012)</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 15:06:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63969

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of current levels of service on each section of the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>At a Direct Award or franchise Re-let we carry out value for money assessments (in order to calculate Benefit-Cost Ratios) of changes to service levels but we do not undertake this assessment of the existing base service levels where they carry forward into the new Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, for any large procurement exercise such as a Direct Award or Franchise Re-let, we use externally produced comparators that cover the whole of the franchise to allow us to evaluate the price of any bid that we receive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 14:09:12 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63970

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role (a) his Department and (b) local authorities will have in (i) specifying and (ii) managing the new franchises for rail passenger services on the (A) TransPennine Express and (B) Northern Rail lines.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specification for each franchise is being developed collaboratively by the Department for Transport's Rail Executive and Rail North. Rail North are representing all the local transport authorities in the North of England. This is line with the partnership agreement confirmed between the Secretary of State and leaders of the local transport authorities in the North of England in January 2014. An integrated partnership structure between Rail Executive and Rail North is being developed with a view to managing the franchise once it has been let.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/07/2014 12:28:45 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63972

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the franchise specifications for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines contained in his Department's consultation document published on 9 June 2014 will increase the total number of daily (i) peak and (ii) off-peak services on these routes.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>. No decisions on services will be made until the consultation process has finished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 14:07:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63974

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the franchise specifications for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines contained in his Department's consultation document published on 9 June 2014 will increase the rolling stock fleet on each line.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>. We do not, however, intend to specify rolling stock requirements in these specifications; it will be for the bidders to propose the appropriate rolling stock for their bids.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/07/2014 12:47:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63976

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the franchise specifications for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines contained in his Department's consultation document published on 9 June 2014 will lead to a reduction in services for passengers in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>. No decisions on services will be made until the consultation process has finished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 13:55:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham