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967500

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will meet with senior officials from Govia Thameslink to discuss the provision of automatic replacement services to London Kings Cross to ensure passengers can get to London when the Peterborough to Horsham line is blocked.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL9990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Network Rail have agreed service recovery plans in place that are activated depending on the specific incident, its location on the network, destination and time of day.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the potential impact of delays on passengers these plans will typically balance trying to get the maximum number of passengers to their destination as quickly as possible, recovering the delays whilst also attempting to ensure no further delays and obstructions are introduced across the network. There will be times that these plans need to be adapted to suit the situation and scale of the incident. As such it is important that decisions are taken by operational staff within Network Rail and GTR as they are best placed to understand the potential impact on passengers on a case by case basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2018 11:37:06 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

967499

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 17 July (HL9180), what is the process for collecting the Heavy Goods Vehicle Levy (HGV) levy from lorries from the Republic of Ireland; and what assessment they have made of whether, and if so to what extent, lorries from the Republic of Ireland evade the HGV levy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL9989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Lorry drivers from the Republic of Ireland pay for the HGV Levy in the same ways as users from other countries. The levy can be paid online, at a number of official Point of Sale (PoS) locations, at driver self-serve facilities offered by some operators and through a number of booking agents. The majority of levy purchases are via the HGV Levy website.</p><p> </p><p>The overall compliance rate for foreign vehicles is high, according to figures collected by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in Great Britain, at 95%. The Department for Transport has not produced equivalent compliance rates by country of origin, but there are indications that vehicles from Ireland in Great Britain have a very similar compliance rate compared to vehicles from other countries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/09/2018 13:16:55 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

967495

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Maps
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what responsibility, if any, they have for ensuring that comprehensive road maps of cities are available including details of no right turns.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lea of Crondall
	uin	HL9985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for managing their road networks, including implementing measures such as right turn bans. It is for them to ensure these and other traffic restrictions are properly signed on-street so that drivers are aware of them. Drivers are responsible for ensuring they follow the rules of the road and are not in breach of any restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has no responsibility for producing road mapping. Commercial mapping companies are responsible for ensuring the maps they produce are accurate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:12:01 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2482 label Biography information for Lord Lea of Crondall

1659238

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what reassurances regarding employment they are providing to railway station staff in advance of a decision about the closure of railway ticket offices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL9973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Whilst it is our expectation that no currently staffed station should be unstaffed as a result of industry changes, it is for train operators to decide on their staffing arrangements at each of the stations from which they operate services, so they can best meet the needs of passengers. As part of this train operators will discuss employment matters with trade unions as part of their own collective bargaining processes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/09/2023 13:57:09 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1659237

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect a decision to be announced regarding the closure of railway ticket offices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL9972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on ticket offices closed on 1 September. We are now in a period where the independent passenger bodies (Transport Focus and London TravelWatch) are engaging with train operators on the basis of the consultation responses they have received and the criteria they have set out. We expect train operators to work collaboratively with the passenger bodies in the coming weeks, to listen to the concerns raised and to refine their proposals accordingly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/09/2023 13:46:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1659230

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announcement on 7 September that the UK will re-join the EU's Horizon and Copernicus programmes, whether they will include the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to facilitate early improvements in the reliability and air safety of small airports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL9965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is separate to the Horizon and Copernicus Programmes. The DfT is working with other departments to understand the case for a UK Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS). As well as replacing the functionality of EGNOS, this system could offer benefits across transport and multiple Critical National Infrastructure sectors. To support this, the DfT is assessing the requirements following loss of access to EGNOS. The DfT is funding a UK SBAS testbed project to demonstrate the capabilities of such a system. This will inform the DfT’s consideration on next steps for this work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/09/2023 11:42:48 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1659229

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Isles of Scilly
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what factors they will take into account in accepting a recommendation from the Council of the Isles of Scilly to accept a bid for new vessels paid for by the Levelling Up Fund, in the absence of a competitive tendering process.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL9964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Council for the Isles of Scilly are required to obtain an approved Full Business Case to secure a levelling up fund grant in line with their bid to purchase vessels and harbour works that complies with the Treasury Green Book and the levelling up criteria.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/09/2023 13:38:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1658897

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	NATS: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what penalties have been incurred by NATS Holdings for failure to meet service targets in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
	uin	HL9963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sets targets and financial incentives on NATS (En Route) Plc’s service quality for three measures related to delays - average delay, peak delay and delay impact score and one environmental measure relating to flight efficiency. In the Reference Period (RP) 2 period (2015-2019), penalties were applied in relation to NERL’s delay performance for both 2016 (£0.42 million) and 2018 (£0.26 million) where it contributed to delays that were above its target levels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 14/09/2023 16:26:24 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

1470897

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports and Ports: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delays and cancellations experienced by passengers at (1) airports, and (2) ports, in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The aviation industry operates in the private sector, therefore it is the responsibility of the industry to manage demand, recruit and roster staff and have appropriate mitigations in place.</p><p>The Secretary of State and Minister for Aviation have made clear to the industry that the level of disruption that aviation passengers have faced is unacceptable and cannot be repeated.</p><p>Since the beginning of the year, Ministers and Officials have and will continue to extensively engage with the sector to gain a greater understanding of the issues facing the industry. We have taken action in a range of areas, including security alleviations, skills, recruitment and consumer rights to support the aviation industry. On 21 June the Government laid regulations before Parliament that will give airlines a one-off “amnesty” on airport slots rules, allowing them to hand back slots ahead of the summer peak. This will give airlines a short window to hand back slots for the rest of the summer season that they are not confident they will be able to operate.</p><p>The Department has established a Strategic Risk Group that meets weekly and Chaired by the Aviation Minister and attended by industry CEOs. This group holds industry to account for delivering a robust service working jointly with them were appropriate to deliver solutions. In support there is a senior officials Summer Resilience Group chaired by DfT with Home Office and industry operational leaders, and a Task and Finish group to support information and communications for consumers.</p><p>The Aviation Minister also regularly engages with Minister Hinds, Minister of State and Security to address possible issues at the border, jointly hosting an aviation industry roundtable 12 May providing industry with a comprehensive update from Border Force on their preparations.</p><p>The Department and Civil Aviation Authority jointly wrote to the aviation industry 14 June to outline the five priorities for minimising further disruption over the summer. These being that airlines must review schedules to make sure that they are deliverable, that everyone in the sector must collaborate on resilience planning, that passengers are informed of their consumer rights and if necessary compensated in good time, that assistance to disabled and less mobile passengers is to a high standard and that safety and security must never be compromised.</p><p>The Department recognises that there are always significant numbers of passengers at peak time departing from Dover by ferry to the Continent and Officials continue to work closely with the Port of Dover and the ferry operators to ensure that passengers face minimal delays in boarding, as well as with the Kent Resilience Forum planning in order to ensure that the right traffic management arrangements are applied.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 29/06/2022 14:22:15 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

967464

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which competition between existing and new terminal facilities at Heathrow Airport might be beneficial to airlines and passengers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grade of Yarmouth
	uin	HL9958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the independent regulator, will consider the benefits of competition at Heathrow Airport. It has already explained the importance of considering alternative commercial and delivery arrangements for the provision of new capacity and has recently published a technical note on this subject in the context of expansion.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to encourage all potential promoters to engage with all relevant stakeholders on proposals that will facilitate the efficient and timely delivery of new capacity at Heathrow Airport.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/09/2018 14:03:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4228 label Biography information for Lord Grade of Yarmouth