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905560

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 24 April, 23 April, 28 March, 26 February, 29 January, 24 January, 22 January, 18 January, 8 January 2018 and 6 December 2017 to Questions 136807, 136288, 134056, 127728, 123767, 123012, 122413, 122522, 120771 and 116150 and with reference to the Answer of 12 February 2018 to Question HL5304, what the timetable is for the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles licensing to (a) submit and (b) publish its report; and what the reasons are for the time taken for that group to submit and publish its report.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	144959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>It is expected that the Task and Finish Group will submit its report for ministers to consider next month. The report will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>While the Department is eager to receive the report it is vital that the independently chaired group is granted the time it deems necessary to hear evidence, consider the issues and evaluate proposals to address these.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/05/2018 10:49:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

818688

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Government Procurement Card
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 120433, on Government Procurement Card, for what reason the £1,495.84 was spent by his Department at the Mandarin Oriental Hotels on 10 August 2017; and which official or officials were responsible for that expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Following a review of this transaction, which relates to security matters, further details and names of officials cannot be publically disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>This is line with HM Treasury guidance which allows for certain transactions to be redacted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to the Government’s transparency agenda to make government more open and to strengthen public accountability and with this in mind, the Department reports on transactions that are over £500, a threshold that is lower than the Cabinet Office recommended £25,000 and this includes transactions made through the use of the Electronic Purchasing Card Solutions (EPCS).</p><p> </p><p>The Department has clear guidance in place to manage the use of an EPCS card which may only be issued to staff where there is deemed to be a business need.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 11:34:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819878

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the duration is of the employment contract for the interim independent construction commissioner for HS2.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The duration of the employment contract for the current HS2 interim Independent Construction Commissioner runs from 8 July 2016 to 30 April 2018. However, this term may be extended if the new permanent Independent Construction Commissioner is not in place by this time.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 15:29:14 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819879

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the process is for his Department's hiring a permanent independent construction commissioner for HS2.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department will appoint the permanent HS2 Independent Construction Commissioner on the basis of merit via an open and fair recruitment process, which the Department aims to commence shortly. The selection panel will be drawn from the Construction Commissioner Steering Group<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 15:33:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819880

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Public Appointments
	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 names of people that comprise the independent body of project stakeholders who will determine the full terms of reference of the independent HS2 construction commissioner.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The full terms of reference of the HS2 Independent Construction Commissioner will be determined by the Construction Commissioner Steering Group (CCSG)<em>.</em> The current membership of the group is:</p><p> </p><p>Martin Dickman (Buckinghamshire County Council), Gavin Gaunt (Department for Transport), Sara-Louise Lee (Warwickshire County Council), Mike Lyons (HS2 Ltd), David Reidy (Camden Council) and Alasdair Reisner (Civil Engineering Contractors Association).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 15:39:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819881

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget his Department plans to provide for a permanent HS2 Independent construction commissioner.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The full budget for the office of the HS2 permanent Independent Construction Commissioner will be determined in discussions with them once they have been appointed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 15:41:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819882

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people the HS2 independent construction commissioner will employ; and if will place the organisational chart for that commissioner's team in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of staff employed by the new HS2 Independent Construction Commissioner will be determined by the permanent commissioner in discussion with the Steering Group once the permanent commissioner has been appointed<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 15:44:09 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

822932

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Carillion
	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 criteria his Department used to award construction contracts for High Speed Two to Carillion plc in July 2017; and what due diligence his Department undertakes before awarding contracts to companies that have issued profit warnings.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	122615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>No, the criteria used to evaluate and award construction contracts for HS2 ltd are commercially confidential. The Department undertakes due diligence in advance of the award of contracts. HS2 Ltd carried out additional due diligence and sought re-assurance of both it and its two partners in the Joint Venture, Kier and Eiffage, that they remained committed and able to deliver the contracts. Each company's Boards have both given that assurance and confirmed that they underwrite the performance of each other in delivering the contract. Following additional checks, HS2 Ltd are also confident that, even without Carillion, Kier and Eiffage would still be capable of passing the relevant financial capability and standing tests.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/01/2018 14:42:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

836034

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s guidance, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £220,000 which was allocated for the item described as media monitoring and (b) the criteria by which his Department judges whether such items of expenditure represent good value for money.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is the executive non-departmental public body established to develop and deliver the HS2 programme.</p><p> </p><p>This is a multi-year amalgamated service contract.</p><p> </p><p>£220,000 represents the value at which the contract was advertised – as a two year contract with a two year extension option (four years in total). It does not reflect the final service contract value. The service contract awarded has a budget of £55,000 per annum. As this is a call-off contract and the spend fluctuates on how many times HS2 is mentioned in the media the total value will not necessarily be the total spend.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd competitively tendered this contract requirement to ensure best value to the taxpayer in line with statutory and other requirements. Commercial submissions were evaluated by HS2 Ltd as part of the tender, combined with technical outputs, with the aim of ensuring best overall value was obtained. Any further breakdown of contract values is commercially sensitive and is therefore unavailable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2018 16:06:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

836035

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s publication, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £50,000 which was allocated for the item described as trends and insights subscription services and (b) the criteria by which his Department judges whether such items of expenditure represent good value to the taxpayer.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>A breakdown of contract values is commercially sensitive and is therefore unavailable. HS2 Ltd competitively tendered this contract requirement to ensure best value to the taxpayer in line with statutory and other requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2018 15:58:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq