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	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

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	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

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	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