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1138488

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
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 12 June 2019 to Question 259958 on Channel Ferries: Freight, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department are working on the existing planning assumptions; and what deadline he has set for revised assumptions to be reported to him.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	276182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>Following the extension to Article 50, Government Ministers and their Officials have reviewed and developed new border planning assumptions based on the most recent information available. These assumptions are focused on a reasonable worst case scenario, rather than what we expect to happen, and have already been shared with key partners to support contingency planning, where appropriate, should the UK leave the European Union on 31 October without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 19/07/2019 11:15:53 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1138489

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Dover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency preparations he is making at the Port of Dover for (a) passengers, (b) hauliers and (c) seafarers in the event that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019 without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	276183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to liaise closely with the Port of Dover with regard to contingency and resilience measures that could be applied in the event of a no deal exit from the European Union. This includes plans to ensure that England’s roads are ready for EU exit, including operations to manage both passenger and freight traffic using the port in the event of disruption. The Port itself continues to engage closely with Government on no deal preparations. With regard to managing any impact on seafarers serving Dover routes, the responsibility sits with the relevant shipping companies or employers in the first instance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 19/07/2019 11:35:16 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1138490

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department are working on preparations at major ports for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	276184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of people working on EU Exit within the Department, including staff working on preparations at major ports for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October without a deal, can change in accordance with priorities. Therefore, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of staff numbers due to staff working on a variety of areas relating to EU Exit in parallel with each other.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 19/07/2019 11:07:02 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1090993

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Brittany Ferries and DFDS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contracts between his Department and (a) Brittany Ferries and (b) DFDS for additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity will come into force on 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	233521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The contracts with Brittany Ferries and DFDS are already in force.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 26/03/2019 13:38:38 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1082152

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken since 1 July 2016 to assess the effect of the UK’s departure from the EU on Eurotunnel’s handling of freight volumes from the continent.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	228592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>A number of cross-Government working groups have been established to consider the impacts on imports into the UK after EU Exit, including steering groups with Eurotunnel. We have been in dialogue with Eurotunnel throughout our EU Exit planning, including in relation to handling of freight.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 11/03/2019 15:36:29 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1082153

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Eurotunnel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the taxpayer of upgrading Eurotunnel’s terminals in the UK and France ahead of the UK’s departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	228593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Officials from DfT and across Government have worked closely with Eurotunnel and other industry stakeholders to help them develop planning assumptions and to understand the impact of EU Exit. Eurotunnel itself is responsible for the cost associated with any upgrades before EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 11/03/2019 15:42:38 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1082154

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total costs to date are from the procurement exercise for additional roll-on roll-off ferry freight capacity in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	228594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>I refer the hon. Member to the Answer given by my hon. Friend on 14 February to the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon. [UIN 219568]</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 11/03/2019 15:33:07 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1079409

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has allocated funding to the shipping industry to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	227092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The shipping industry is a global business sector well used to handling international trade beyond the EU. UK shipping is predominantly private-sector-owned and does not rely on government subsidy.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 08/03/2019 14:58:54 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1023209

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Channel Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on ferry services from (a) Poole and (b) Portsmouth to the Channel Islands.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	201165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>DfT, Border Delivery Group and Border Force have been working with ports and airports across the United Kingdom to ensure a joint understanding of the possible impacts of EU exit under a range of scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>Meetings have been held with both with Poole and Portsmouth to discuss the range of possible impacts. Further work is underway with Portsmouth to understand any possible local traffic implications that could affect ferry services. While work is ongoing, we do not currently expect services from Poole to the Channel Islands to be affected at all, nor any significant adverse effect on those from Portsmouth to the Channel Islands.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 18/12/2018 12:40:17 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1005824

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roll-on Roll-off Ships: Registration
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 6 November 2018 to Question 185578 on Ferries: Registration, how many roll-on roll-off ferries on the (a) UK and (b) Red Ensign registers are UK-owned.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	190443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>There are 45 UK-owned roll-on roll-off ferries on the UK register, and zero on the other Red Ensign registers (non-UK).</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 20/11/2018 11:01:13 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner