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1037886

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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, with reference to the report entitled Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing Steps towards a safer and more robust system, published in September 2018, when the Government plans to publish its response to that report.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	206429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers are considering the recommendations made by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing. A Government response will be issued in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 10:59:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1037247

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings his Department held with Seaborne Freight in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	205983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Officials were engaged in a series of meetings with Seaborne Freight during discussions over the proposed contract.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/01/2019 15:04:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1003640

	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	Transport: Charities
	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 effect of implementing the EU Directive set out in Regulation EC No. 1073/2009 on local charity groups who provide free or reduced cost transport.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	189776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>EC Regulation 1073/2009 deals with access to the international market for coach and bus operations. It includes within its provisions, a legal basis so that vehicles from the European Union can operate in the United Kingdom. It does not cover passenger accessibility issues nor non-commercial operations such as local charity groups.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 189777 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:51:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1003644

	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	Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that implementing Eu Directive set out in Regulation EC No.1073/2009 will not prevent people with a disability from accessing local transport services.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	189777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>EC Regulation 1073/2009 deals with access to the international market for coach and bus operations. It includes within its provisions, a legal basis so that vehicles from the European Union can operate in the United Kingdom. It does not cover passenger accessibility issues nor non-commercial operations such as local charity groups.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 189776 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:51:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

989649

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the mitigation measures agreed by HS2 Ltd to reduce the negative effect on biodiversity are (a) secured for the duration of the project and (b) monitored.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	180775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672371/E2_-_Ecological_Impact_v1.5.pdf" target="_blank">HS2 Information Paper E2</a> outlines how ecological impacts have been assessed and how they will be mitigated or compensated for during the construction of Phase One of HS2. It refers to the commitment to seek no net loss to biodiversity. Mitigation measures include the creation of habitat to maintain the populations of protected species. New areas of woodland, grassland, heathland and ponds will be created.</p><p>A route-wide monitoring strategy will be put in place. HS2 Ltd is responsible for maintaining and monitoring the new or managed habitat for a sufficient period to ensure that the nature conservation objectives are achieved. Indicative periods for the management and monitoring of habitats are set out in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672401/E26_-__Indicative_Periods_Management_and_Monitoring_of_Habitats_v1.2__2_.pdf" target="_blank">HS2 Information Paper E26</a>. These include plans to monitor replacement woodland for up to 50 years.</p><p> </p><p>A similar approach is being adopted for future phases of the scheme.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/10/2018 13:29:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

989650

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that High Speed Two does not cause the death of barn owls.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	180776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has produced a barn owl mitigation plan to manage and reduce the anticipated significant effects to barn owls caused by construction and operation of the Phase One scheme. The plan has been developed by a team of professional ecologists, including a barn owl expert, and has been informed by additional research undertaken by the British Trust for Ornithology.</p><p> </p><p>The plan assumes that 80 pairs are affected by the Phase One scheme and consists of measures to: avoid disturbance to the species during construction; reduce the collision risk of the railway to the birds; provide new artificial nesting sites at a safe distance from the railway; and monitor the new nesting sites to ensure uptake by barn owls.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that the barn owl mitigation plan will be expanded and refined for future phases of HS2.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/10/2018 13:18:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

1123891

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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, whether the total budget for High Speed 2 will be uprated from 2015 to 2019 prices; and whether the revised benefit cost ratio calculation for that project will include benefits that arise from expenditure on (a) local regeneration strategies and (b) other wider economic impacts in the cities along the High Speed 2 route.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	249346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The decision whether to uprate the total HS2 budget from the current 2015 price base will be taken alongside the Spending Review.</p><p>The Spending Review will also consider the latest benefits associated with High Speed 2. This will include Wider Economic Impacts in line with the department’s Transport Appraisal Guidance.</p><p>The department is working with local authorities across the UK to develop growth strategies to ensure the benefits of HS2 are fully realised in local areas.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/05/2019 15:33:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1109937

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Queen's Park Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Statement entitled, Access for All: 73 stations set to benefit from additional funding HCWS1484, when upgrades at Queen's Park Station are planned to commence; and what those upgrades will be.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	241470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail will work with stakeholders at individual stations to establish how an accessible route into the station and between each platform can be delivered, before ascertaining when work can commence. All projects are due to be completed by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/04/2019 08:29:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1105504

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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, whether his Department plans to provide an updated business case for High Speed Two ahead of the introduction of the Hybrid Bill for Phase 2a later this year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	237716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will periodically update business cases in line with the Government’s protocol for developing major projects. The HS2 Phase 2a Outline Business Case was published alongside the deposit of the Phase 2a hybrid Bill in July 2017. The Department intends to update the Phase 2a Business Case to form the Full Business Case after the Phase 2a hybrid Bill achieves Royal Assent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/04/2019 12:38:23 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1105505

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 1 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will provide updated estimates of the forecast passenger numbers for High Speed One ahead of the Hybrid Bill for Phase 2a later this year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	237717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The HS2 Phase One full business case, intended for publication later in 2019, will be informed with an updated assessments of future passenger numbers for all phases of HS2, the conventional railway and HS1. These forecasts will be updated to support development of the Phase 2a Full Business Case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/04/2019 14:19:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq