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861169

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent from the public purse through the Access to All fund to make improvements to railway stations in each years since 2006.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	132318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 2006, spending through the Access for All programme is as follows:</p><p>(£m)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2006/09</p></td><td><p>£102.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£57.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£43.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£54.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£52.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£105.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£47.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£43.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£42.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£15.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note that funding isn’t allocated on a specific annualised basis. Projects get developed and built over several years, so in some years more is spent, in some years less. We have committed to continuing Access for All in CP6.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 14:44:04 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

861170

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, of what factors Network Rail and his Department take account in deciding on allocations of Access to All funding.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	132319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>For the last tranche of funding, stations were selected based on their annual footfall, weighted by the incidence of disability in the area. We also took into account the priorities of the industry, the availability of third party funding and local factors such as proximity to a hospital, together with consideration of geographic spread across the rail network.</p><p> </p><p>Although details of how we will select stations for future funding has yet to be finalised it is likely to be broadly similar to the process used for earlier tranches of the programme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 12:24:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

861171

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public funding other than Access to All funding is available for improvements to accessibility at railway stations.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	132320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Aside from the dedicated Access for All funding, two funds are partly dedicated to improving accessibility - each of the franchised operators has around £100,000 to £600,000 to spend annually in making accessibility improvements at stations as part of the Minor Works Budget; and the Station Improvement Fund introduced in the Northern Rail and West Midlands Railway franchises can also be used to make stations accessible.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are five other funding streams which may help deliver accessibility improvements insofar as any upgrades delivered under them would have to comply with current accessibility standards – the National Stations Improvement Programme, the Station Commercial Project Facility, Customer and Community Investment, Designated Community Rail Development Fund and Major Projects works (as per the redevelopment of Reading station for example).</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 13:35:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

861181

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which railway stations have received Access for All funding in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	132330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Access for All funding is allocated in 5 year Control Periods. For 2014-19 a further 68 stations were selected for the programme. Details of all of the stations which have received funding since 2006 are available on the Network Rail website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/station-improvements/access-for-all/" target="_blank">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/station-improvements/access-for-all/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 13:37:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

861276

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a 16-25 bus discount scheme similar to the 16-25 railcard.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	132425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is supportive of concessions for 16-25 year olds. However, there are no plans at present to introduce a statutory national bus travel concession for all young people across England. Local authorities have the discretion to offer travel concessions to young people, funded from local resources. In addition, many operators offer discounted tickets on commercial basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Conservative Manifesto contained a commitment to introduce discounted travel on buses for apprentices. My Department is currently exploring the best way of delivering this.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 13:09:58 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

861277

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Rural Areas
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 the adequate provision of public transport in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	132426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of public transport for both the sustainability and independence of rural communities. Since January 2014, £40m Bus Service Operator Grant (BSOG) funding per year is paid directly to local authorities, rather than bus operators, in relation to the services that councils fund. This funding is ring-fenced to ensure that it is used to support bus services, but within that it will be for each local authority to decide how to use it.</p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging local authorities to innovate such as through our Total Transport pilot projects which have explored ways to join up the commissioning of publicly funded transport services so that available funding goes further. The Bus Services Act 2017 also provides a number of tools to facilitate local authorities working together with operators and communities to provide improved bus services in rural areas.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 13:14:41 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

857860

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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 his Department's most recent estimate of the total cost of High Speed Rail 2 is; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>At the 2015 Spending Review (SR15), the Government restated the long-term Funding Envelope for delivery of the full HS2 scheme of £55.73bn (2015 prices), of which £27.18bn has been allocated to Phase One and £28.55bn for Phase Two. We are determined to deliver HS2 within its total Funding Envelope and have set HS2 Ltd cost targets to deliver the programme below this amount.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on HS2 from 2009/10 to 2016/17 is £2.3bn. This consists of expenditure by both HS2 Ltd on delivering the programme and by the Department for Transport on land and property.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 13:17:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

857861

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money his Department has spent on each (a) consultant and (b) consultancy firm since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the total published consultancy expenditure for the core Department and its four executive agencies*, covering financial years 2010-11 to 2016-17:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>50.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Expenditure for the current financial year would be published at a future date, and is therefore not included in the above table.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to answer the second part of your request as this information it is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The increased expenditure levels from 2014-15 result from the progression of a number of large infrastructure projects such as Thameslink, Crossrail and Intercity Express, plus increased activity linked to HS2, requiring additional legal and technical expertise which is not held internally within the Department. The increase is a reflection of Government’s commitment to provide the biggest investment in transport infrastructure in generations. All consultancy contracts are competitively tendered to ensure value for money and every effort is made to transfer skills to permanent staff and ensure reduced reliance on external contractors.</p><p>*DfT's executive agrencies are: Driver &amp; Vehicle Licensing Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency, Vehicle Certification Agency</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2018 14:34:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq