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1141327

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of redundancy payments to former HS2 Ltd staff is.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	280912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>HS2 publish Annual Reports and Accounts which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hs2-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hs2-annual-reports-and-accounts</a> The Annual Reports and Accounts provide details about the cost of redundancy payments in each year since HS2 Ltd was established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 03/09/2019 12:32:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1141328

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what authorised scheme redundancy payments were made to former HS2 Ltd staff.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	280913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has authorisation to offer redundancies on statutory terms.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 03/09/2019 11:52:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1142354

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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, how many schedule 16 orders to take temporary possession of land and property were issued by HS2 Ltd in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	282208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Up to August 2019, HS2 Ltd has served 2,119 such notices:</p><p> </p><p>(a) 0 notices were served in 2015;</p><p> </p><p>(b) 0 notices were served in 2016;</p><p> </p><p>(c) 343 notices were served over 66 locations in 2017;</p><p> </p><p>(d) 1022 notices were served over 141 locations in 2018;</p><p> </p><p>(e) 754 notices were served over 68 locations in 2019 (up to 01/08/19).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Schedule 16 (S.16) of the High Speed Rail Act (London-West Midlands) Act 2017 provides the nominated undertaker (HS2 Ltd) with the ability to temporarily possess land required to deliver Phase One of the railway. As the Act received Royal Assent on 23 February 2017, HS2 Ltd had no powers to serve S.16 notices before this date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 03/09/2019 12:10:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1197091

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will extend the expiration date of driving theory tests for people who are not able to take driving lessons or driving tests as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	49137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The two-year validity period of the theory test certificate is set in legislation. This is so the candidate’s theoretical knowledge remains current. To extend the validity period would require legislative change. To do this, the relevant parliamentary process would need to take place. This situation is being given urgent attention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/06/2020 15:00:08 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1198506

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking with local government to tackle road congestion to aid the regeneration of town centres in Greater Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	52645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government works closely with Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester to support local transport measures which are specifically designed to address congestion, promote alternative modes of transport to the car and regenerate town centres.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that local highway infrastructure is well maintained to facilitate smoother and safer journeys, with better connections. The Secretary of State has recently announced a £1.7 billion Transport Infrastructure Investment Fund to improve roads, repair bridges and fill in millions of potholes. Greater Manchester’s share of this is £64.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Greater Manchester was awarded £312.5 million from the Transforming Cities Fund which is being used to fund schemes aimed at better connecting communities, in a sustainable way, and promoting cycling and walking as an alternative to using cars. In addition, over £660 million of Local Growth funding has been awarded to Greater Manchester in the three rounds of Growth deals to invest in transport schemes across the region and fund town centre improvements.</p><p> </p><p>Most recently, Government has provided significant financial support to essential bus and Metrolink services throughout the Covid19 pandemic to increase public transport services for key workers and to help restart the economy. On 27 May, it was announced that Greater Manchester had also been given an indicative allocation of £3.2 million from the Emergency Active Travel Fund, to ensure that active travel is a viable alternative to using the car, as well as providing a safe space to do so in the town and district centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/06/2020 16:05:11 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1220308

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	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: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the economic benefits of High Speed Two to Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	68459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The full business case for High Speed 2 Phase One ‘Moving Britain Ahead’ was published in April 2020. This sets out the latest assessment of the economic impacts of HS2.</p><p> </p><p>Previous analysis suggested that around 18% of the overall transport user benefits will be distributed to passengers from the North West with the full HS2 network in place (HS2 Ltd’s ‘Economic case advice for the DfT’ publication in 2017).</p><p> </p><p>Passengers from Manchester and across the North West will benefit from improved connectivity and reduced journeys times to and within the North. Better connectivity promotes wider economic growth and potential gains from regeneration and local growth strategies supporting the levelling up of the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands we will look at how best to integrate HS2 Phase 2b and wider transport plans in the north and Midlands as well as how best to reduce costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/07/2020 14:37:02 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1220309

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	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 stakeholders in the North West on the Integrated Rail Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	68460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>I have held a series of regional roundtables with political and business leaders, including those from the North West<strong>, </strong>inviting them to set out their priorities for rail in their areas. I will continue to seek views from regional representatives as work on the Integrated Rail Plan continues over the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Integrated Rail Plan will also be informed by a ‘Rail Needs Assessment’ from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), which is now considering evidence from stakeholders across the Midlands and the North.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 10/07/2020 07:57:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1226948

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps High Speed Two Ltd is taking with (a) further and (b) higher education institutions to employ apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	77862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd and its supply chain continue to work closely with higher education institutions to support degree level apprenticeships as well as a range of other employer and outreach work, and are working closely with both further education (FE) institutions (including Derby, Moulton, Solihull, and Walsall colleges, and the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure) and higher education (HE) institutions (such as Anglia Ruskin, Aston, Birmingham Metropolitan, Coventry, Loughborough, Sheffield Hallam, and Wolverhampton Universities) to meet the aims of the HS2 Skills, Employment and Education Strategy</p><p> </p><p>As part of their contractual requirements, HS2 Ltd’s supply chain is contractually required to deliver skills, employment and education outputs. As well as creating apprenticeships, these include supporting unemployed people into work; creating opportunities for work placements; and delivering school engagement actives including school age work experience. In much of this work there is a focus on supporting individuals from under-represented groups.</p><p> </p><p>Recent activities have included:</p><ul><li><p>Attending career and apprenticeship fairs across the country at various institutions this year (pre-lockdown);</p></li><li><p>HS2 Ltd assisting in the development of the T level qualification in Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning;</p></li><li><p>Supporting Aston University’s Diversity in the Commercial World event in February 2020;</p></li><li><p>HS2 td and Tier 1 contractors sitting on the Employer and Partnership Boards of various educational institutions;</p></li><li><p>Balfour Beatty Vinci (Main Works Contractor) working with Walsall College to deliver their first T level in Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning;</p></li><li><p>HS2 Ltd with Tier 1 contractors working with Coventry University’s Director for Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management and Construction Management degrees to develop a package of support for undergraduates;</p></li></ul><p>HS2 Ltd has worked closely with the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure (previously National College for High Speed Rail). Since 2017, they have sent 69% of their apprentices to the college to study level 4 and 5 programmes in Project Management and Leadership &amp; Management. A number of their supply chain companies, including BBV, LM, Systra, CSjv, Align, WSP, ACI, Arup, Jacobs, Bechtel and Atkins have apprentices at the College.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/09/2020 16:20:29 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1226950

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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 recent discussions he has had with (a) representatives from HS2 Ltd, (b) Cabinet colleagues and (c) other relevant organisations on accelerating the construction of High Speed Two services to Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	77864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is preparing an Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands which will set out our intentions for the HS2 Phase 2b route to Manchester and Leeds. That work is overseen by a Ministerial taskforce chaired by the Secretary of State, which includes colleagues from the Prime Minister’s Office, HM Treasury, the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government, and the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Oakervee review concluded, following experience on Phase One, that having smaller Bills/phases may allow for faster construction of the project.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd has been asked to prepare draft legislation for the route into Manchester for deposit in Parliament by early 2022, and to be ready to act on the conclusions of the Integrated Rail Plan for the whole route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/09/2020 12:37:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1257914

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve the condition of England’s roads.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	909734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department is providing over £2.7 billion for the maintenance of England’s local highway network, outside of London, over 2020/21 and 2021/22, and £4.1 billion for capital renewals on the strategic road network in England over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/12/2020 12:49:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford