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1037792

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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, what the timeframe is for the publication on the High Speed Two website of statistics on applications received for the High Speed Two (a) phase one and (b) phase two (i) Exceptional Hardship Scheme and (ii) Need to Sell Scheme up to 30 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	206430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>This information was placed on the HS2 website on 09/01/19 and can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/collections/hs2-exceptional-hardship-scheme-hs2-need-sell-scheme-applications-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/collections/hs2-exceptional-hardship-scheme-hs2-need-sell-scheme-applications-statistics/</a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2019 14:39:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1037793

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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, with reference to the comments by Pete Waterman, Chairman of the Cheshire and Warrington Local Transport Board on 31 December 2018, whether he plans to increase the number of High Speed Two trains stopping at Crewe station to seven an hour; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	206431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Crewe Hub consultation response, published in March 2018, confirmed the Government’s support for the vision of a Crewe Hub.</p><p> </p><p>Fully realising the Crewe Hub vision will also require a junction north of Crewe back to the HS2 mainline to Manchester, as part of Phase 2b.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the March 2018 Consultation Response, this would allow 5-7 HS2 trains per hour to call at Crewe.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2019 14:26:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1037794

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cheshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the statement by Pete Waterman, Chairman of the Cheshire and Warrington Local Transport Board published on 31 December 2018, what plans he has for the tunnel and junction at Crewe North and the Golborne Link near Warrington, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	206432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The HS2 Phase 2b route was confirmed in the July 2017 Command Paper, ‘High Speed Two: from Crewe to Manchester, West Midlands to Leeds and beyond’, including a tunnel at Crewe and the Golborne link at Warrington.</p><p> </p><p>Any junction north of Crewe back to the HS2 mainline to Manchester will be considered separately as part of Crewe Hub decision making.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2019 14:09:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1037797

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private bus companies required to upgrade their fleets in order to meet stricter emissions standards in charging Clean Air Zones do not pass those costs onto customers through increased ticket prices.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	206401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>£40 million was awarded in February 2018 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund, to support bus operators required to upgrade their fleets so that they do not pass these costs on to customers. The £220 million Clean Air Fund is also available for local authorities with NO2 exceedances, which can fund measures to support bus operators such as fleet upgrades. Bus operators and local authorities were also able to bid for the £48 million Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, supporting the purchase of new ultra-low emission buses which will not be charged to enter Clean Air Zones. Winning bidders are due to be announced in January 2019<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 12:28:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1037798

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private bus companies whose vehicles are charged to enter charging Clean Air Zones do not pass that cost onto customers through increased ticket prices.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	206402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>£40 million was awarded in February 2018 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund, to support bus operators whose vehicles will be charged to enter Clean Air Zones to retrofit their fleet to the minimum emissions standard, so that they do not pass these costs on to customers. The £220 million Clean Air Fund is also available for local authorities with NO2 exceedances, which can fund measures to support bus operators such as retrofitting. Bus operators and local authorities were also able to bid for the £48 million Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, supporting the purchase of new ultra-low emission buses which will not be charged to enter Clean Air Zones. Winning bidders are due to be announced in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>£40 million was awarded in February 2018 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund, to support bus operators whose vehicles will be charged to enter Clean Air Zones to retrofit their fleet to the minimum emissions standard, so that they do not pass these costs on to customers. The £220 million Clean Air Fund is also available for local authorities with NO2 exceedances, which can fund measures to support bus operators such as retrofitting. Bus operators and local authorities were also able to bid for the £48 million Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, supporting the purchase of new ultra-low emission buses which will not be charged to enter Clean Air Zones. Winning bidders are due to be announced in January 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 12:15:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1037886

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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, with reference to the report entitled Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing Steps towards a safer and more robust system, published in September 2018, when the Government plans to publish its response to that report.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	206429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers are considering the recommendations made by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing. A Government response will be issued in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 10:59:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1037889

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Government funding boost for bus industry in drive to improve air quality, published in February 2018, how many buses have been retrofitted using funding from the Clean Bus Technology Fund in from February 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	206386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>In February 2018, the Clean Bus Technology Fund awarded £40 million of funding to 20 local authorities to retrofit 2768 buses to a minimum Euro VI standard. To date, 467 buses have been retrofitted using this funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/01/2019 14:14:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1037954

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Isle of Man Ship Registry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what oversight his Department (a) has and (b) has historically had of the recruitment process for the (i) Director and (ii) Deputy Director of the Marine Administration at the Isle of Man Ship Registry.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	206445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Although the department are responsible for the oversight and enforcement of performance standards of all the Red Ensign Group (REG) members, the appointment of Directors or Deputy Directors by a REG member is a matter for the administration and government of the territory concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The department are not involved in the recruiting or appointment process other than when the REG member specifically seeks the advice of the department.</p><p> </p><p>On this occasion, the Isle of Man administration has not sought such advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 12:05:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1037978

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Government support is available to ferry companies which may wish to operate ferries from Scottish ports to EU ports after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	206390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Government has no immediate plans to offer additional government support to any ferry operators.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 11:23:05 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock