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1003609

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	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 capital contribution required by his Department to ensure the delivery of (a) southern rail access and (b) western rail access into Heathrow airport.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	189684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position in relation to funding Surface Access at airports is set out in the 2013 Aviation Policy Framework and reiterated in the Airports National Policy Statement which was designated in June 2018. Where a scheme is not solely required to deliver airport capacity and has a wider range of beneficiaries, the Government, along with relevant stakeholders, will consider the need for a public funding contribution alongside an appropriate contribution from the airport on a case by case basis. The Government is supporting these schemes subject to the development of a satisfactory business case and the agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow aviation industry.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the published Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline, my Department is developing the Business Case for the Western Rail Link to Heathrow. Network Rail intends to apply for planning powers in 2019, and details of the scheme funding will be published.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018, my Department launched a Market Sounding to test the market’s appetite to share the risk of development for a proposed Southern Rail Link to Heathrow in order to reduce the burden on taxpayers and fare payers. A summary of responses will be published later in the Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/11/2018 17:28:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

874852

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to undertake a Stage 3 GRIP analysis to establish the options for new rail capacity south of Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	135153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government recently published the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) which provides a clear framework for how we will continue to enhance our railway. This sets out a rolling programme of investment with clear options and decision points for railway enhancements as they develop.</p><p> </p><p>Options for new rail capacity south of Heathrow will be taken forward in accordance with the RNEP approach. This does not directly align with the Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) stages used by Network Rail, although investment decisions may be supported by, or use elements of GRIP stages.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/04/2018 10:52:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

982544

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his response to the market sounding consultation on a Southern Rail Link to Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	176310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>In May the Department launched a formal Market Sounding for a Southern Rail Link to Heathrow and results of this are expected to be published later this year. The outcome of this engagement will provide further clarity on whether this scheme will be progressed and funded, and if so how.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/10/2018 13:34:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

973917

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether he plans to approve a southern rail link to Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	906922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department is actively looking at a future Southern Rail Link to Heathrow and this scheme will be considered alongside other national priorities through the planning process for the next control period.</p><p> </p><p>In May we launched a formal Market Sounding for a Southern Rail Link to Heathrow and results of this are expected to be published later this year. The outcome of this engagement will provide further clarity on whether to and, if so, how this scheme will be progressed and funded.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/10/2018 10:27:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

896519

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for work to (a) commence and (b) finish on the Western Rail Access to Heathrow project.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	140868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>My Department is working with Network Rail to progress the design and development of the Western Rail Link to Heathrow scheme and a final consultation on the proposed alignment will commence this month.</p><p> </p><p>This is a major step in the development of the scheme and is required before Network Rail can submit its application to the Planning Inspectorate for the necessary consents. The construction timetable is subject to obtaining these planning consents but an indicative timetable would see this commence during Network Rail’s Control Period 6 (the funding period 2019 to 2024).</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/05/2018 10:25:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

896520

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	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 potential economic benefit to the South West of the proposed Western Rail Access to Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	140869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>A new Western Rail Link to Heathrow would substantially reduce rail journey times to Heathrow for passengers from the Thames Valley, South Coast, South West, South Wales and West Midlands, eliminating the need to change at London Paddington and encouraging modal shift.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to benefits for airport passengers and workers, the proposed link would provide a real boost to the economy, generating economic growth and new jobs across the Thames Valley and surrounding areas.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/05/2018 14:41:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

927823

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	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 cost to the public purse of the proposed western rail access to Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	155945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail are consulting on two designs during Statutory Consultation, which runs from 11 May to 22 June. The cost to the public purse is dependent on the agreement of the final design, decisions on the train operating company, the funding and financing proposition and agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow aviation industry. The Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline sets out the process for investment decisions on railway enhancement projects, which will be made within the context of the overall portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/06/2018 11:25:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 65569 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

927824

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a breakdown of the funding identified for the proposed western access rail to Heathrow; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	155946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail are funded by the Department for Transport to submit the Development Consent Order for the Western Rail Link to Heathrow. The 2013 Aviation Policy Framework clearly sets out that developers should pay the costs of upgrading or enhancing road, rail or other transport networks or services where there is a need to cope with additional passengers travelling to and from expanded or growing airports.</p><p> </p><p>The Western Rail Link to Heathrow has a wider range of beneficiaries, and the Government will consider, along with other relevant stakeholders, the need for additional public funding. The quantification of non-airport benefit is dependent on agreement of the final design and decisions on the train operating company. This is expected in Summer 2019. The airport contribution would be subject to a negotiation, and review by regulators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/06/2018 12:17:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 65571 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

622705

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic merits and (b) benefits to passengers of a western rail link to Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	50682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Network Rail’s own data details that a Western Rail Link to Heathrow will involve over £800 million of UK economic activity, including additional economic benefits for the region.</p><p> </p><p>Passengers will benefit from new journey opportunities, improving access to Heathrow from the South Coast, South West, South Wales and West Midlands via a simple change of train at Reading. This will spare passengers the frustration of passing Heathrow on the way to Paddington, before having to turn around and do the last part of the journey in reverse – significantly reducing rail journey times between Reading and Heathrow.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 04/11/2016 09:41:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

759446

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on bringing forward a new southern rail access link to Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	9794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>On 25 October 2016, this Government announced that a Northwest Runaway at Heathrow Airport, combined with a package of supporting measures, was its preferred scheme to deliver additional airport capacity in the South East of England. The supporting measures would include improved rail access to the airport and we are actively looking at what we could do to accelerate these.</p><p> </p><p>The next step for the proposed Southern Rail Access is a GRIP 1-2 study to permit informed option appraisal. This is being considered alongside the detailed development of Western Rail Access plans for the airport, in order to ensure that we provide maximum benefit for airport and non-airport passengers and exploit the new journey opportunities this may provide.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/09/2017 13:40:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick