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1536184

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
uin	901850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to harnessing the skills, innovation and talents of female entrepreneurs. That’s why this Government launched a Women-Led High-Growth Enterprise Taskforce in May 2022, led by Anne Boden of Starling Bank and with a membership of some of this country’s most successful female entrepreneurs.</p><p>It will use its convening power to influence high-growth investors, raise the aspirations of the next generation and work to stimulate regional funding opportunities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 13:04:24 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1535563

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the establishment and operation of Great British Railways.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	69768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The cost of establishment and ongoing operations of Great British Railways will be confirmed in the final business case in 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:32:50 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1535573

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	TransPennine Express
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with TransPennine Express on service levels.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	69772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department, through its Rail North Partnership with Transport for the North, has regular discussions with the operator and stakeholders in the north on service levels. The Rail North Partnership will continue work with TPE to manage services and develop plans to resolve issues with them.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:31:11 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1525047

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask, the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the Road projects list in Annex B: Infrastructure Projects of the Growth Plan 2022 are awaiting her consent to begin; and when each application was submitted to her Department for approval.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	68562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In this answer we are describing approval of the funding or business case, and not decisions related to statutory planning or consents.</p><p>All 10 of the Strategic Road Network schemes on the list are committed schemes in the Roads Investment Strategy. 6 of these will require a specific funding or business case sign off from DfT Ministers prior to starting construction. 15 of the 31 Major Road Network schemes named in the growth plan have been given conditional funding approval and are now working towards final approval. The local authority promoters of the remaining 16 are working up their cases to seek conditional funding approval. The applications for the 45 Safer Roads Fund schemes will be sent to local authorities shortly for return in the new year. The projects are then expected to begin by the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 09:03:51 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1525053

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Act 1988
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 21 September 2022 to Question 48313 on Road Traffic Act 1988, whether it is still his policy to publish a call for evidence on the Road Traffic Act 1988 by the end of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	68524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is considering the publication of a call for evidence on motoring offences. As noted previously, while work is still continuing as to its precise scope and timings, it is expected to include aspects of drink and drug driving, failure to stop and report and the opportunity to raise other matters.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 09:02:25 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1524608

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's noise detecting traffic camera trials, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using such cameras in Batley and Spen constituency.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	68041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s roadside trials of noise camera technology commenced on 18 October. Over 70 applications for the trial were received, but due to the project being in the research stage and the prototype nature of the technology, only 4 sites could be selected. Shortlisted sites were chosen based on a number of factors to achieve a sufficiently wide range of road types to test the noise camera technology.</p><p>Unfortunately, we are unable to consider any further applications for trial locations, but if the trials prove to be successful, noise cameras may be considered for wider rollout.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 25/10/2022 09:42:38 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1524625

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of pay levels for staff working across the railway network.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	68023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>According to data from the Office for National Statistics, in 2021 the median gross salary of all rail workers was £44,000. This is around 70% above the national median of £26,000.</p><p>A report, published on 6 October 2022 by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), benchmarked rail employment cost data for both Network Rail and for the first time Train Operating Companies with comparative roles. The report found aggregate industry level pay was broadly in line with (but towards the upper end of) that for comparable roles employed elsewhere in the UK economy.</p><p>The report can be found here: <a href="https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-10/review-of-rail-industry-employment-costs-06-10-2022_1.pdf" target="_blank">Review of rail industry employment costs (orr.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:27:40 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1524626

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements her Department has placed on Avanti West Coast to improve their service levels on the West Coast Main Line.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	68024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Avanti West Coast (AWC) has put forward a recovery plan for improvement of its services to passengers as part of the short-term contract extension announced on Friday 7 October. Both the Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail have reviewed Avanti’s plan and are supportive of the proposition, noting its full and successful delivery requires agreement with unions. The Department is monitoring AWC’s delivery and holding AWC to account as appropriate.</p><p>The Department recognises the importance of high performing rail services for the communities, businesses and local economies they serve. The issues experienced on Avanti are exactly why we need to modernise the railways, to ensure passengers get a reliable timetable no matter when they travel and are not relying on drivers working overtime in the first place.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 68026 question first answered 27/10/2022 10:29:31 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1524628

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the wider economic costs of Avanti's performance in not providing adequate service provision on the West Coast mainline.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	68026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Avanti West Coast (AWC) has put forward a recovery plan for improvement of its services to passengers as part of the short-term contract extension announced on Friday 7 October. Both the Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail have reviewed Avanti’s plan and are supportive of the proposition, noting its full and successful delivery requires agreement with unions. The Department is monitoring AWC’s delivery and holding AWC to account as appropriate.</p><p>The Department recognises the importance of high performing rail services for the communities, businesses and local economies they serve. The issues experienced on Avanti are exactly why we need to modernise the railways, to ensure passengers get a reliable timetable no matter when they travel and are not relying on drivers working overtime in the first place.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 68024 question first answered 27/10/2022 10:29:31 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1524762

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she takes to coordinate policies with Greater Manchester local authorities and the Combined Authority to reduce air pollution emanating from the motorway system across Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	67865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>National Highways is responsible for addressing air quality on the Strategic Road Network. National Highways works closely with Greater Manchester authorities, and other local authorities, to reduce pollution. Following consultation which ran for 10 weeks until 6 June 2022, the Government intends to designate National Highways as a ‘relevant public authority’. This change will require National Highways to collaborate with local authorities to improve air quality – becoming an ‘air quality partner’ where locally relevant. National Highways publishes regular reports which are available at the National Highways Air Quality Reports webpage, setting out the steps they are taking. Greater Manchester authorities have also engaged with National Highways in the development of their plans for the reduction of Nitrogen Dioxide pollution. The Government is currently reviewing Greater Manchester authorities’ proposal and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:26:17 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd