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1699945

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways and Roads: Conflict of Interests
	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 adequacy of guidance issued by his Department to (a) Network Rail, (b) National Highways and (c) the Great British Railways transition team on potential conflicts of interest.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport’s (DfT) Arm’s Length Bodies have a duty to manage public money responsibly and effectively and in a transparent way. This includes managing any potential conflicts of interest effectively through the implementation of an effective and appropriate Conflicts of Interest (CoI) policy, in line with the Cabinet Office’s Procurement Policy Note: Applying Exclusions in Public Procurement, Managing Conflicts of Interest and Whistleblowing (PPN 04/21).</p><p> </p><p>As the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) employs people from across the rail industry, DfT’s Rail Reform team has been working closely with them to maintain and improve current information sharing processes, including ensuring NDAs have adequate provisions to protect all parties where potential conflicts of interest exist. This includes ensuring GBRTT have adequate provisions in place when working with Train Operating Companies (TOCs) and contractors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/04/2024 07:59:44 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1699946

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	European Rail Traffic Management System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the European Train Control signalling system is classified as a (a) renewal or (b) enhancement for the purposes of Network Rail’s budget.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <ul><li>As per the High Level Output Specification (HLOS), replacing assets at the point of renewal with ETCS (European Train Control System) represents the most cost effective way to transition the network. This is the approach that Network Rail will be using in Control Period 7 (2024-2029) and thus ETCS will be funded via renewals.</li><li>The exception will be ETCS deployments that are part of wider enhancements (such as Transpennine Route Upgrade) which will primarily be funded via enhancements but may have some renewals funding, for example where assets needed to be renewed anyway.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/04/2024 07:56:15 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1699992

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Director General of the Road Transport Group in his Department is responsible for co-ordinating Network North.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Directors General across the Department are responsible for looking at transport in an integrated way and from the perspective of the places and public they serve, with each Director General having cross-cutting responsibilities. The unit that provides a central co-ordinating function across the many projects and policy areas included within Network North reports to the Director General of the Road Transport Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/04/2024 10:48:48 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1699993

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Forecasts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last (a) reviewed the evidence base underpinning its demand forecasts and (b) update its forecasts of travel demand across modes as set out in its Transport Analysis Guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We review evidence underpinning our transport demand forecasts across modes regularly and publish forecasts every few years, consistent with the proportionate update process in the Transport Analysis Guidance. Projections of travel demand across modes were last published in 2022 which included, for the first time, a set of Common Analytical Scenarios to illustrate the impact of different plausible futures on demand. The projections are available online, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tempro-downloads" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tempro-downloads</a>. The Department will publish an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 22/04/2024 08:50:59 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1700005

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services and Pharmacy: Easington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of pharmacies that have closed in Easington since 2019; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of these closures on primary care services.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There were 21 physical pharmacies on 31 December 2023 in Easington constituency. Between 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023, two pharmacies closed in Easington constituency. However, access remains good. 85 percent of the population in Easington live within a 20-minute walk from a pharmacy. This exceeds the national average of 80 percent. Residents of Easington can also access services from distance selling pharmacies that operate nationally.</p><p>It is the statutory duty of local authorities in England to undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas, every three years, to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs. Integrated care boards have regard to those assessments when commissioning services and where a pharmacy closure impacts on the access to services, a new contractor can apply to open a pharmacy in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20978 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:42:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1700006

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of community pharmacies on the communities.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There were 21 physical pharmacies on 31 December 2023 in Easington constituency. Between 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023, two pharmacies closed in Easington constituency. However, access remains good. 85 percent of the population in Easington live within a 20-minute walk from a pharmacy. This exceeds the national average of 80 percent. Residents of Easington can also access services from distance selling pharmacies that operate nationally.</p><p>It is the statutory duty of local authorities in England to undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas, every three years, to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs. Integrated care boards have regard to those assessments when commissioning services and where a pharmacy closure impacts on the access to services, a new contractor can apply to open a pharmacy in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20977 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:42:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1700007

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the medication reimbursement mechanism for community pharmacists.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Through the medicine margin survey, the Department assesses whether the reimbursement arrangements pay pharmacy contractors as agreed as part of the community pharmacy contractual framework (CPCF). The medicine margin survey considers what pharmacies paid for medicines by looking at their invoices compared to the amount reimbursed by the National Health Service. Where the survey finds that they have been underpaid, we increase the pharmacy contractors’ payments, and where they have been overpaid, we decrease payments.</p><p>Furthermore, where pharmacies cannot purchase products at or below the Drug Tariff NHS reimbursement price, Community Pharmacy England can request that the Department reassesses the reimbursement price. If a new reimbursement price is issued, this is known as a concessionary price.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 20988 question first answered 19/04/2024 09:54:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1698119

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Europe
	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 the roads good vehicles travelling to Europe statistics for April 2023 to March 2024; and when this series will conclude.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Road Goods Travelling to Europe statistical series is currently undergoing a quality review due to a potential supplier data issue. We are working with our data supplier to assess this issue, and updates to this statistical series will resume once the matter has been resolved. Dates for future publications will be communicated via our release calendar (available at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport/about/statistics) as soon as possible. There are no immediate plans to cease this statistical series, and any future variation would be consulted on as per Code of Practice for Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/03/2024 14:19:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1698121

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to officials on the use of the social media platforms (a) X and (b) LinkedIn.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s policy for the use of social media platforms X and LinkedIn is available online, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport/about/social-media-use" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport/about/social-media-use</a>. The Civil Service Code provides wider guidance in relation to the conduct of civil servants and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code)." target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code.</a></p><p>The Department for Transport and its agencies (DVLA, DVSA, MCGA, VCA and ATE) follow the guidance set out in these policies. Further guidance is provided to all staff in the Social Media Policy for DfT and Executive Agencies, available on the staff intranet.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 15/04/2024 11:03:47 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1698190

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2020 to Question 120953 on Network Rail: Finance and pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 18100 on Railways: Finance, what assessment he has made of the causes of the differential in the rail enhancements budget for 2019 to 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The answer provided 25 November 2020 to Question 120953 on “Network Rail: Finance” referred to the budget for rail enhancements during the years 2019-2024. The answer provided 12 March 2024 to Question 18100 on “Railways: Finance” referred to the spend on rail enhancements in each year of that period. The comparison is therefore of a budget, stated as £9.4bn after Spending Review 2020, to the spend against that budget estimated at £8.63bn over the same period. There is no differential in the rail enhancements budget implied by that comparison. The difference in the figures comes from a degree of underspending against budget in each year of the first 4 years of the period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 28/03/2024 12:42:20 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris