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1109722

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Signals: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a list of all signalling renewal and maintenance contract awards made by Network Rail during Control Period 5‎ by (a) Network Rail area, (b) contract value, and (c) supplier.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	241096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail spend on signalling renewals is broken down by contractor for each year of CP5 in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 10:41:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones attachment 1 file name 231096 - Pollard table.docx title NR Table
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1109735

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the decision to close Network Rail's sleeper factory at Washwood Heath, Birmingham; for what reason the proposed new HS2 hub on that site cannot be accommodated elsewhere; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	240983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>There is a Cemex sleeper production facility currently located at Washwood Heath. This site was identified as the preferred location for the Phase One Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot in 2009 and 2012/2013 following assessments of potential sites against the depot’s functional requirements and technical and environmental criteria. The site location was approved by Parliament through The Phase One Hybrid Bill.</p><p> </p><p>There is a proposal for a new facility in Bescot which is being developed by Network Rail to produce railway sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network in addition to the other Network Rail sleeper facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 12:43:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1109736

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Birmingham
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 feasibility of Network Rail's sleeper factory at Doncaster meeting the shortfall in production capacity in the event of the potential closure of Network Rail’s exiting sleeper factory at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	240984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network. The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p> </p><p>The Network Rail facility at Doncaster is not capable of being extended to increase capacity. The facility itself is entirely surrounded by adjacent development, railway lines, railway depots, housing and roads. It is operating at full capacity and only able to deliver production of 400,000 sleepers each year.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Network Rail require a geographically separate, second facility to avoid the supply chain risk of a single point of failure, should anything prevent production at a facility.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/04/2019 08:16:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1109750

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date Network Rail will cease production of railway sleepers at its factory in Washwood Heath, Birmingham; whether there is capacity to extend production beyond this date; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	240985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network. The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is a customer of Cemex who own and operate the facility at Washwood Heath. Production is planned to cease at this facility on 14 June 2019. The HS2 programme requires vacant possession of the site in August 2019 to enable construction works to proceed.</p><p> </p><p>I have no plans to make a statement about the proposed facility.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/04/2019 08:14:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1109776

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro
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 2 April 2019 to Question 238325, if will establish a fund specifically for the extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro that can be drawn down by Nexus to improve connectivity and further develop a North East Regional Light Rail Mass Transit system.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	241016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>While the Government has no plans to establish a specific fund for the extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro, the North East city region has been shortlisted for a share of £1.22bn from the second tranche of the Transforming Cities Fund. We await formal receipt of their proposals later this year, which could include proposals for enhancing the Tyne and Wear Metro.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 12:38:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1109778

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Durham Coast Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date pacer trains will be removed from the Northern Rail Durham Coast Line.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	241018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Northern have stated they still aim to retire all Pacers by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 12:48:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1109781

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Durham Coast Line: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional capacity will be provided on train services in the Easington constituency following the replacement of pacer trains on the Northern Rail, Durham Coast Line.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	241019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Northern’s refurbished ‘Sprinter’ trains will form the backbone of services on the Durham Coast following the removal of Pacers. This will deliver a 34% increase in seating capacity and even greater standing capacity when a Pacer is directly compared to a Sprinter unit. All refurbished trains will deliver a much better customer experience including free customer wifi, at seat power, customer information screens and improved lighting and seating.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 14:15:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris