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819162

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many minor ports across the UK are currently in operation.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	121839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 61 ports operating in the UK which the Department for Transport classifies as ‘minor’ for the purposes of the statistics it gathers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2018 12:22:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

819995

	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	Silvertown Tunnel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Silvertown crossing to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	122067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>An application for a Developmental Consent Order for Silvertown Tunnel has been submitted by Transport for London and this is currently with the Secretary of State for a decision. The deadline for a decision is 10 May 2018. If consent is granted, it will be for Transport for London to decide timescales for the delivery of this scheme.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2018 12:31:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

816947

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 120015 on High Speed 2 railway line, if he will name (a) all 12 applications made to the HS2 Community and Environment Fund, (b) the six successful applicants and (c) identify which of those applicants have accepted the terms and conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	121374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the answer given by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the Hon Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) of 21 December 2017, it is anticipated that an announcement will be made in early 2018 with news of the first accepted awards made and their locations.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2018 12:35:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

816690

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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 the 100 metre residential impact figures for the proposed HS2 routes are for the number of properties affected at each location along the (a) M18 eastern route including the Blackwell spur, (b) 2013 consulted Meadowhall route, (c) full refined Meadowhall route from February 2016 and (d) two alternative M18 eastern route options detailed on page 82 of his Department's July 2017 publication entitled HS2 Phase 2b route refinements - advice to Government.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The HS2 Ltd July 2017 route refinement advice (“High Speed Two Phase 2b Crewe to Manchester West Midlands to Leeds Route Refinements: HS2 Ltd’s Advice to Government”), sets out a number of sustainability impacts along the M18/Eastern route, the 2013 consulted Meadowhall route and the refined Meadowhall Route. The advice provides (i) comparisons of the number of properties within 100m on the M18/Eastern route and the refined Meadowhall route, (ii) the number of potential demolitions associated with the M18/Eastern route, the 2013 consultation Meadowhall route and the refined Meadowhall route and (iii) an appraisal of the number of households that could experience a noticeable noise impact across each route. The information is set out at pages 69-71.</p><p> </p><p>The publication “High Speed Two Phase 2b Crewe to Manchester West Midlands to Leeds Route Refinements: HS2 Ltd’s Advice to Government”, July 2017 is a HS2 Ltd publication.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2018 13:07:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816833

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	European Aviation Safety Agency: European Court of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has sought legal advice on the relationship between the European Court of Justice and the European Aviation Safety Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	121260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for continued or discontinued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) interprets EU law and is the ultimate arbiter of EU law within the EU and its Member States. The European Aviation Safety Agency is an EU regulatory agency and therefore comes under the remit of the CJEU. EASA performs a limited number of executive functions on behalf of the Union, but its primary role is to provide technical rulemaking advice for the Union to adopt harmonised safety regulations implemented at national level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2018 15:26:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

819886

	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	Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	121958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport made three fruitless payments over £30,000 between 1 April 2017 and 11 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached provides a breakdown in the specified format.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2018 17:39:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani attachment 1 file name 121958 - Sheppard - table.docx title Table
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

818653

	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	Taxis: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to mandate disability equality training for taxi and minicab drivers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	121417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) services must be accessible to those who rely upon them, and disability awareness and equality training can be effective in equipping drivers with the skills and knowledge to provide all passengers with the assistance they require. The Department is currently considering the responses to the consultation on the draft Accessibility Action Plan which will inform the updated Best Practice Guidance for taxi and PHV licensing authorities.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Department’s expectation that the guidance will include a recommendation that authorities should use their existing powers to require prospective drivers to complete disability awareness and equality training.</p><p> </p><p>The working group established by the then Minister of State (John Hayes MP) to consider current issues concerning taxi and PHV licensing will report its findings shortly. There are no existing plans to bring legislation to mandate this training.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 11:09:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

818668

	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	High Speed 2 Line: Stafford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many houses in Stafford constituency have been purchased by the (a) Need to Sell scheme, (b) Statutory Blight scheme, (c) Express Purchase scheme and (d) other schemes since each scheme was launched; and what the average cost is of each such purchase.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	121432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The number and average value of houses purchased in the Stafford constituency broken down by HS2 scheme is as follows</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HS2 Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Homes Purchased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Value of Purchase </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceptional Hardship Scheme (Note 1)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>£404,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Need to Sell</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£403,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statutory Blight</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£614,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Support Zone Voluntary Purchase</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£420,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note 1 - In May 2016 the Exceptional Hardship Scheme was withdrawn for the Phase 2a section of HS2 when the Need to Sell scheme was confirmed for this part of the route.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 11:13:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

818724

	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	High Speed 2 Line: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 140 of the Industrial Strategy, published in November 2017, in which NUTS 1 regions will the 3,000 permanent HS2 jobs be based.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	121488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>More than 3000 permanent jobs will be created through the operation and maintenance of HS2. For Phase One of the project they will be located in the NUTS1 regions of West Midlands, London and the South East, since this is where Phase One will operate. The locations for Phase 2 are not available at this stage.</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme will also support growth in the wider economy worth an additional 100,000 jobs, with the majority of jobs created being outside London.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2018 11:26:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

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