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391890

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable is planned for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line; what forecast he has made of the cost of that electrification; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	8322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail proposes to deliver electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line by summer 2017, in time for the new four-car electric trains ordered by TfL to be introduced in 2018. Network Rail is still assessing the detailed cost of the electrification and gauge enhancement scheme between Thameshaven/Tilbury Docks and the Midland Main Line via Barking and Gospel Oak and the forecast cost will be provided to DfT in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:28:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

391892

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6967, what funding has been allocated to each project for each year under the heading, Funding for projects in addition to the agreed Rail Investment Strategy, given in the Answer of 9 July 2015 to Question 5694.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	8163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The projects in addition to the agreed Rail Investment Strategy are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding (m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ely-Soham double tracking</p></td><td><p>35.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syston – Stoke gauge enhancement</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Tram Train</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Stations Fund (5 stations)</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windermere electrification</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western flood resistance</p></td><td><p>26.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull electrification study</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry – Nuneaton Phase 2</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan – Bolton electrification</p></td><td><p>37.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gospel Oak – Barking and London freight electrification</p></td><td><p>90.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gatwick station (second phase)</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterton Station</p></td><td><p>44.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Access for All ‘top-up’</p></td><td><p>60.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The project funding is not broken down by year as Network Rail was reclassified to the public sector, which means that project funding spend is triggered by the projects’ actual expenditure in each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a small variation between the total funding amounts in this table and the one sent earlier under the heading “Funding for projects in addition to the agreed Rail Investment Strategy”. This is because the table in question 5694 is a cash forecast year by year, whereas this table is the price set at the projects’ earlier approval dates.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:39:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

391896

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Chase Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) work has been carried out and (b) expenditure has been made on work to electrify and upgrade the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley to date.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail is carrying out the work to improve the Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley Line. They have advised that £27.3m has been incurred so far on the project to electrify the line. Work carried out to date has included the structures clearance work, detailed design of the electrification system, and the contract award to ABC Electrification, the main contractor.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The route clearance work is substantially complete and has gone well. This has involved 5 bridges being reconstructed, and 11 track lowerings being undertaken. The remaining significant civil engineering work is to lift the headroom in Park St Tunnel, Walsall, which is scheduled to be carried out from October 2015 to May 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An interfacing scheme (journey time improvement between Ryecroft and Rugeley) is currently in the detailed design phase.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:26:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

391897

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Chase Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether electrification of the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley is included in the projects paused as part of the assessment of the High Level Output Specification.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The electrification of the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley is continuing and is scheduled to be completed by December 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:38:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

391898

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6793, whether he has seen or requested a copy of the list of projects that would be stopped or refused which was referred to on page 3 of Network Rail's Board minutes of 25 November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	8231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>No projects are being cancelled. The Secretary of State has asked Sir Peter Hendy to put forward proposals for re-planning the CP5 investment programme to ensure it can be delivered effectively and efficiently.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:44:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

391904

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 7273, when he was first advised that a decision on whether to pause major projects may have to be taken.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	8317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State was first advised to pause major projects in June 2015, to allow the programme to be reset pending the outcome of Sir Peter Hendy’s review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:35:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

391523

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 21015 to Question 6468, when the new round of bidding to the New Station Fund will (a) begin and (b) conclude.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	8092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We are working hard to design the bidding process for the New Stations Fund and will announce the deadlines for the fund shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/09/2015 10:30:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood