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685585

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	CH2M Hill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been paid to CH2M by (a) his Department and (b) HS2 Ltd in each financial year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	63303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">CH2M Hill</del> <ins class="ministerial">CH2M (formerly known as CH2M Hill)</ins> has played a crucial role on all aspects of the development of the HS2 project. The company has provided project and programme management, engineering and environmental expertise and resource and was the driving force behind the preparation and passage of the Phase 1 hybrid bill. This phase of their work came to an end in December 2016. In 2016, <del class="ministerial">in a 50/50 partnership with Atkins, CH2M Hill</del> <ins class="ministerial">a partnership of CH2M (50%), Atkins (40%) and SENER (10%),</ins> was appointed as the phase 1 Engineering Delivery Partner for the delivery phase of the HS2 project, providing expert engineering support for all aspects of HS2 Ltd’s work.</p><p>Since 2011 HS2 Ltd has made the following payments to CH2M<del class="ministerial"> Hill</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Development Partner contract:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Payments in Financial Year (excl VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,438,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£14,371,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£17,058,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£25,334,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£32,454,382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£9,493,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Engineering Delivery Partner contract:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Payments in financial Year (excl VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£4,062,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/02/2017 17:57:18 question first ministerially corrected 13/04/2017 10:24:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 35237 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1057008

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the proportion of capacity used was of trains between London and Birmingham during (a) peak and (b) out of peak hours in each of the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	218738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>There are no published statistics on the train capacity used between London and Birmingham. The Department publishes rail crowding statistics by city which gives information on passenger numbers and capacity on arrival and departure from city centre stations.</p><p> </p><p>Further information is available from the links below.</p><p> </p><p>Peak rail capacity on a typical autumn weekday by city:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728192/rai0212.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728192/rai0212.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>Peak rail capacity on a typical autumn weekday by London terminals:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728193/rai0213.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728193/rai0213.ods</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/02/2019 16:11:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

454312

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the five times increase in the annual upfront fee charges for private hire operator licences by local authorities on small and self-employed operators.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	28080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Local licensing authorities can charge fees for private hire vehicle operator licences that recover the cost of administering the licensing system.</p><p> </p><p>Renewing a licence every five years, rather than more frequently as may have been the case in the past, reduces a financial and administrative burden on many of the small and medium size enterprises that make up the private hire vehicle industry.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2016 11:33:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

454313

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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, what recent discussions he has had with the local licensing authorities on the introduction of five-year private hire operator licences by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	28081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Five-year private hire vehicle operator licences were introduced in October 2015. Since that time, local licensing authorities have not made any representations to me on the subject.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2016 11:36:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

530718

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	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 accessibility action plan for public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	41550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>We expect to publish a new Accessibility Action Plan for consultation in late summer. We will publish the final plan when we have taken account of all the consultation responses received.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/07/2016 10:50:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

539702

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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 official distances between London and Birmingham are for the (a) shortest journey by road, (b) shortest existing journey by rail and (c) projected High Speed 2 line.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	42979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>(a) Highways England do not collect shortest road journey information, however information available via online route planning tools shows that a journey from London Charing Cross to Birmingham Town Hall, via the A40, M40, M42 and A34 requires a journey of 118 miles (b) 113 miles between London Euston and Birmingham New Street. The distance between the principal Birmingham station and nearest London terminal and (c) approximately 109 miles to the nearest mile.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/07/2016 14:22:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

539705

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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, which fees (a) have been paid and (b) are due to be paid to Tim Mould QC for work relating to High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	43023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department has appointed a team of solicitors, Parliamentary Agents and barristers to support the HS2 project. Tim Mould QC is primarily employed to support the HS2 hybrid Bill process which gives those affected by HS2 an opportunity to present their concerns in Parliament. Since 2013 the Department for Transport has paid £679,567.10 to Tim Mould QC to support the HS2 project on Bill related matters. This figure is correct to 19 July 2016 and is exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, since approximately 2010, the Department has also instructed a number of barristers, including Tim Mould QC, on other HS2 related matters, primarily litigation. These barristers will have been remunerated at government hourly rates agreed with the Attorney General, but it would involve disproportionate cost for the Department to provide precise figures.</p><p> </p><p>The use of barristers to support the HS2 project is demand led and so it is not possible to forecast the fees that may be paid to Tim Mould QC in the future.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/07/2016 14:26:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

539706

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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 (a) staff, (b) recruitment and (c) other costs of press liaison, publicity and marketing of High Speed 2 have been to date.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	43088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>For the period of 2011/12 – 2015/16 HS2 Ltd has incurred the following costs associated with press liaison, publicity and marketing of HS2:</p><p> </p><p>(a) staff - £0.9m. This is the total payroll cost for HS2 Ltd staff (i.e. permanent staff). This excludes contingent labour and secondees;</p><p> </p><p>(b) recruitment - HS2 Ltd incurs, manages and controls its recruitment costs centrally and, as such, it is not possible to identify the costs incurred in specific business functions; and</p><p> </p><p>(c) other costs of press liaison, publicity and marketing of High Speed 2 - £1.1m</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure prior to 2011/12 was not broken down by expenditure type in this way.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/07/2016 09:32:42 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

573854

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been disbursed from the public purse in legal fees for solicitors, parliamentary agents, barristers and their staff who have been working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	44231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department has appointed a joint team of solicitors/parliamentary agents from Winckworth Sherwood and Eversheds LLP to provide support in relation to the HS2 Phase 1 hybrid Bill. The current spend on this contract is £9,594,124.36.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also appointed a joint team of solicitors/parliamentary agents from Winckworth Sherwood and Eversheds LLP to support the preparation of the HS2 Phase 2a hybrid Bill, which is expected to be deposited in 2017. The current spend on this contract is £146,265.10.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to instruct a team of barristers to support the HS2 project. Each barrister is remunerated at agreed government hourly rates. The spend on these barristers for the period from 2013 to the present is £2,219,872.30.</p><p> </p><p>All figures are correct up to 5 September 2016 and are exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Since approximately 2010, the Department has also instructed a number of barristers on other HS2 related work, primarily litigation. These barristers will have been remunerated at agreed government hourly rates, but unfortunately it would involve disproportionate cost for the Department to provide precise figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/09/2016 14:08:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

599604

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	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 total budget is of the team of writers being hired by his Department to help write the story of High Speed 2 from inception to present day.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	48052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>It is important that we do ensure good documentation of major projects across government to learn from the past and ensure knowledge is shared easily. I will consider in due course what is the right way to do this but the advertised recruitment is not going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 48053 48208 48209 question first answered 17/10/2016 10:48:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan