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1701002

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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
	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 19 March 2024 to Question 18584 on High Speed 2 Line, what train services were included in the business case.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The indicative train service specification will be published as part of the updated Business Case for the HS2 programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 11:31:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701003

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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
	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 19 March 2024 to Question 18584 on High Speed 2 Line, when he plans to publish the phase one updated business case.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Work is continuing on an updated Business Case for the HS2 programme. This update will be completed as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 11:33:22 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701004

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Hitachi on its rail plant in Newton Aycliffe.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>My Department has met Hitachi Rail’s UK management team several times in recent months to discuss workload at the company’s Newton Aycliffe site. We remain keen to discuss options with Hitachi for ensuring a sustainable future for their site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 11:35:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701005

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Elizabeth Line and Southeastern: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 14 December 2023 to Question 5623 on Elizabeth Line and Southeastern: Repairs and Maintenance, what progress the cross Whitehall task force has made on (a) mitigations against redundancies and (b) bringing forward (i) existing refurbishment and (ii) new contracts for (A) Southeastern Rail and (B) Elizabeth Line trains.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have held intensive discussions over several months with rolling stock manufacturers to explore options to help them find viable and sustainable long-term solutions around their rolling stock capabilities. In January of this year, I published a pipeline of opportunities which I would expect all manufacturers to bid for; however, there is no guarantee on who will win these.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2024, Alstom was successfully awarded a contract for the refurbishment of the CrossCountry Voyager fleet that will support UK suppliers and skilled jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in collaboration with the operator continue to work at pace on publishing the Invitation to Negotiate for the Southeastern procurement.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has met with Alstom to discuss a potential way forward regarding the Elizabeth Line fleet and a statement will be made at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 11:23:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701137

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time between (a) requesting and (b) receiving a driving test slot is in (i) England, (ii) the South East and (iii) Portsmouth South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the number of car practical driving test slots available, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, the DVSA deployed all eligible managers and administrative staff back on the front line to do driving tests from the beginning of October 2023 until the end of March 2024, which created over 145,000 additional test slots. Eligible managers and administrative staff will continue to spend a portion of their time conducting car tests in the coming months to help continue to reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>To further increase the number of available test slots, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, it is conducting tests outside of regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from driving examiners.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating on average over 48,300 extra car test slots each month.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time in March 2024 for a car practical driving test in Great Britain was 17.1 weeks, and in the Portsmouth South constituency it was 22.4 weeks. To address the continued high demand for tests in the South, the DVSA is asking driving examiners from areas with lower waiting times to travel and test in centres with higher waiting times. This is in addition to recruiting over 160 driving examiners in the areas where waiting times are highest, including the Portsmouth South constituency.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the number of people waiting to be allocated a driving test slot.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the time between requesting (seeking) and receiving (booking) a driving test slot, or the time between requesting (booking) and receiving (taking) a driving test slot.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 21791 21792 21793 question first answered 22/04/2024 13:39:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701138

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Portsmouth South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Portsmouth South constituency were waiting to be allocated a driving test slot as of 15 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the number of car practical driving test slots available, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, the DVSA deployed all eligible managers and administrative staff back on the front line to do driving tests from the beginning of October 2023 until the end of March 2024, which created over 145,000 additional test slots. Eligible managers and administrative staff will continue to spend a portion of their time conducting car tests in the coming months to help continue to reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>To further increase the number of available test slots, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, it is conducting tests outside of regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from driving examiners.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating on average over 48,300 extra car test slots each month.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time in March 2024 for a car practical driving test in Great Britain was 17.1 weeks, and in the Portsmouth South constituency it was 22.4 weeks. To address the continued high demand for tests in the South, the DVSA is asking driving examiners from areas with lower waiting times to travel and test in centres with higher waiting times. This is in addition to recruiting over 160 driving examiners in the areas where waiting times are highest, including the Portsmouth South constituency.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the number of people waiting to be allocated a driving test slot.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the time between requesting (seeking) and receiving (booking) a driving test slot, or the time between requesting (booking) and receiving (taking) a driving test slot.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 21790 21792 21793 question first answered 22/04/2024 13:39:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701139

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Portsmouth South
	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 adequacy of the availability of car driving test slots in Portsmouth South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the number of car practical driving test slots available, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, the DVSA deployed all eligible managers and administrative staff back on the front line to do driving tests from the beginning of October 2023 until the end of March 2024, which created over 145,000 additional test slots. Eligible managers and administrative staff will continue to spend a portion of their time conducting car tests in the coming months to help continue to reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>To further increase the number of available test slots, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, it is conducting tests outside of regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from driving examiners.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating on average over 48,300 extra car test slots each month.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time in March 2024 for a car practical driving test in Great Britain was 17.1 weeks, and in the Portsmouth South constituency it was 22.4 weeks. To address the continued high demand for tests in the South, the DVSA is asking driving examiners from areas with lower waiting times to travel and test in centres with higher waiting times. This is in addition to recruiting over 160 driving examiners in the areas where waiting times are highest, including the Portsmouth South constituency.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the number of people waiting to be allocated a driving test slot.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the time between requesting (seeking) and receiving (booking) a driving test slot, or the time between requesting (booking) and receiving (taking) a driving test slot.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 21790 21791 21793 question first answered 22/04/2024 13:39:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701140

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Portsmouth South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department (a) is taking steps to reduce the time taken for to receive a practical car driving test slot in Portsmouth South constituency and (b) plans to increase the number of slots for such tests in that area.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the number of car practical driving test slots available, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, the DVSA deployed all eligible managers and administrative staff back on the front line to do driving tests from the beginning of October 2023 until the end of March 2024, which created over 145,000 additional test slots. Eligible managers and administrative staff will continue to spend a portion of their time conducting car tests in the coming months to help continue to reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>To further increase the number of available test slots, including in the Portsmouth South constituency, it is conducting tests outside of regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from driving examiners.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating on average over 48,300 extra car test slots each month.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time in March 2024 for a car practical driving test in Great Britain was 17.1 weeks, and in the Portsmouth South constituency it was 22.4 weeks. To address the continued high demand for tests in the South, the DVSA is asking driving examiners from areas with lower waiting times to travel and test in centres with higher waiting times. This is in addition to recruiting over 160 driving examiners in the areas where waiting times are highest, including the Portsmouth South constituency.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the number of people waiting to be allocated a driving test slot.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to know the time between requesting (seeking) and receiving (booking) a driving test slot, or the time between requesting (booking) and receiving (taking) a driving test slot.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 21790 21791 21792 question first answered 22/04/2024 13:39:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701143

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Royal Mail’s fulfilment of the Universal Service Obligation in Portsmouth in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As the independent regulator for the postal sector, it is for Ofcom to monitor Royal Mail’s delivery of the universal service obligation and decide how to respond should Royal Mail fail to meet its obligations.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government does not have a role in Ofcom’s regulatory decisions, I have met the Chief Executive of Royal Mail’s parent company to raise concerns about its performance in delivering the Government’s commitment to a universal postal service which meets consumer needs.</p><p /><p>Ofcom fined the business £5.6m for failing to meet its service delivery targets in 2022-23 and continues to monitor Royal Mail’s performance to ensure service issues are addressed as a priority.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 21795 question first answered 22/04/2024 10:00:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701145

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of Royal Mail's failure to meet the Universal Service Obligation.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As the independent regulator for the postal sector, it is for Ofcom to monitor Royal Mail’s delivery of the universal service obligation and decide how to respond should Royal Mail fail to meet its obligations.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government does not have a role in Ofcom’s regulatory decisions, I have met the Chief Executive of Royal Mail’s parent company to raise concerns about its performance in delivering the Government’s commitment to a universal postal service which meets consumer needs.</p><p /><p>Ofcom fined the business £5.6m for failing to meet its service delivery targets in 2022-23 and continues to monitor Royal Mail’s performance to ensure service issues are addressed as a priority.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 21794 question first answered 22/04/2024 10:00:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan