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997306

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail market-led proposals for the construction of new railways by private sector firms he has received; and if he will list those proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	184937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has received 30 responses to its call for ideas for market-led proposals to enhance the railway, which it launched in March this year. These submissions covered a wide range of railway enhancements, but the department cannot make an announcement about individual schemes at this time as these proposals were submitted in confidence and such disclosure may prejudice the commercial interests of the proposers. Individual promoters will be contacted later in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 184936 question first answered 02/11/2018 12:32:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1148910

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has he made of the capacity of the rail supply chain to deliver (a) Network Rail’s Control Period 6 enhancements pipeline, (b) his Department's market led proposals for rail and (c) the construction of HS2.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Rail Sector Deal, published in December 2018, set out a new approach to partnership working between the Government and the rail supply sector. We are working closely together to ensure both that the sector has appropriate visibility of future work and that the sector is investing sufficiently in people, processes and skills that will be needed to deliver this additional investment. The Long Term Deployment Plan for the Digital Railway was published earlier this year and on 16 October we published the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/10/2019 14:32:26 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

76531

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has for further high-speed rail developments.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	904766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government's goal for high speed rail is for a truly national network that will bring the UK and its cities closer together. We are clear that the benefits of high speed rail should extend as widely as possible, and we will continue to explore options for future links to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/07/2014 13:51:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1525050

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the (a) Cambridge South Station, (b) Northumberland Line, (c) White Rose Station, (d) Thorpe Park, (e) Transpennine Route Upgrade, (f) East West Rail, (g) Leeds Station Enhancement, (h) Manchester Improvements, (i) Midland Main Line Phase Three and (j) Northern Powerhouse Rail is awaiting her consent to begin construction; what the nature of that approval is; and when each application was submitted to her Department for approval.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	68563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The schemes listed are at different stages of development and delivery. There are different types of consent, including formal planning consent, which is not required for all schemes. Some, such as the Northumberland line, have received planning consent already.</p><p>At the current time one scheme is awaiting planning consent. The application for Cambridge South Station was submitted on the 18 June 2021. Following closure of the Inquiry on 10 June 2022, the planning inspector submitted a report and recommendation to the Secretary of State on 4 October 2022. The Secretary of State will now make a decision on the application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/10/2022 09:04:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1382852

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of new railway was built and in which regions (a) from 1997 to 2010 and (b) from 2010 to date.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	83515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publish railway infrastructure statistics, which contain the total length of track in Great Britain (including Scotland). The table below gives total track length from 1999-00. This information is not available by region and this data is not available prior to 1999.</p><p>The year-on-year change in track length is the net change of new track added minus length of track closed. Therefore, a year-on-year increase does not necessarily equal the total length of new track added.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Track Miles of the rail network in Great Britain. Source: ORR</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total track miles</p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total track miles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>19,167</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>19,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>19,167</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>19,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>19,866</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>19,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>19,738</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>19,613</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>19,562</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>19,383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>19,328</p></td><td><p>2016-17<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>19,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>19,302</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>19,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>19,313</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>19,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>19,336</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>19,398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>19,308</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>19,418</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>1 Prior to 2004-05 route length data and electrification data was collected using various systems and collected on a semi-annual basis. These systems, whilst often the most accurate measures available at the time, would not have provided as accurate a measure as the GEOGIS system and there is therefore a break in the time series between 2003-04 and 2004-05.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>2 There is a break in the time series between 2006-07 and 2007-08 due to a new methodology where the route classification reference data was revamped.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>3 There is a break in the time series between 2016-17 and 2017-18 due to Network Rail replacing GEOGIS, its master database for track assets, with a new system called INM (Integrated Network Model).This means any comparison of the current route length with previous years must be treated with caution.</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/12/2021 10:56:14 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1327696

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	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 impact of the construction materials shortage on (a) HS2 and (b) all other major rail infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	7239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Working with their supply chains, the availability of construction materials is regularly reviewed by High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Network Rail Limited, East West Rail Limited and the Department for Transport. Our latest assessments do not currently predict an impact on the cost and schedule ranges, published in the HS2 March 2021 Parliamentary Report, or Network Rail’s Control Period Budget, or those currently estimated by East West Rail Limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/06/2021 09:58:59 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1275334

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average cost of reinstating one mile of rail track on a disused line where the track bed remains available.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	136027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department has made no such estimate. The Government is progressing work on a number of rail reinstatement schemes through its Restoring Your Railway programme. Each scheme will have unique characteristics in terms of the works required to deliver the desired train service outputs.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 14/01/2021 16:33:01 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1658207

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which railway lines have been (a) built and (b) reopened in the last 20 years; how many jobs were created (i) directly during the first two years of each construction, (ii) indirectly during the first two years of each construction and (iii) overall in each project; and how much each project cost.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	197824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publishes data on the authorisation into use of new railway infrastructure (including new stations and lines) since 2019 at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orr.gov.uk%2Fguidance-compliance%2Frail%2Fhealth-safety%2Flaws%2Finteroperability%2Fauthorisations.&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7Cf685210012984563c27608dbafa42435%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638296891730416776%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GIuI4yXI4lonGg3GG45uYsBlgpao8uhk5YrOFqlxU9k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.orr.gov.uk/guidance-compliance/rail/health-safety/laws/interoperability/authorisations</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not routinely hold information on levels of job creation across all station and line projects and is unable to answer the timeframe requested as this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 197825 question first answered 11/09/2023 11:35:52 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse