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62735

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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 form he expects the Chinese investment in High Speed 2 to take.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	201342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The 2013 Spending Review provided a long-term funding commitment of £50bn to deliver HS2. We are continuously seeking ways to reduce costs to the taxpayer, and we are very open to proposals around including elements of private financing, including Chinese investment.</p><p> </p><p>Opportunities for external investment might exist in relation to rolling stock and development and regeneration around stations. This could provide benefits to both taxpayers and investors.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:59:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

62736

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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, whether he expects Chinese workers to be employed in the construction of High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	201343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Contracts let for the construction of HS2 infrastructure and rolling stock will be open to competition irrespective of country of origin, in accordance with EU and UK procurement legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective bidders are welcome to work alongside British based bidders.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for bidders to propose how they can best deliver their proposals and the contribution of British companies and supply chain will be of interest.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd is undertaking a range of initiatives to ensure businesses are aware of the opportunities and their forthcoming requirements so that they can prepare, so as to compete effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Any non-EU overseas workers would of course be subject to the UK's immigration regime and would be required to comply with whatever regulations were in force at the time.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 14:01:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

62155

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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 recent estimate he has made of projected ticket prices for rail passengers using the High Speed 2 rail line.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	200848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In order to test the case for HS2, current fares were assumed to increase by RPI+1% annually until 2036 after which fares are assumed to grow in line with inflation. No fares differential was applied to services using the high speed infrastructure. This is an assumption which provides an appropriate basis for modelling costs and benefits, but does not represent a prediction of future rail fares, which will be affected by government policy, market and industry changes across the GB rail network over many years.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:55:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

62157

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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, when he expects to publish information on ticket pricing for High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	200851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to publish information relating to the likely structure or level of ticket prices for journeys using the HS2 railway following the opening of HS2 Phase One in 2026 and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:57:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

62158

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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, whether he expects High Speed 2 will require a separate ticket pricing structure from regular rail services.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	200850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The HS2 business case demonstrates that the project can deliver significant benefits for the country without any fares differential being required for journeys using the high speed line. It is too soon to know what fares will be set for travel on HS2 services. Government decisions about fares structures and regulation will be taken closer to the commencement of HS2 Phase One services in 2026.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:56:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

62391

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A14: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will work with the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Cabinet Office, the Northamptonshire and South East Midlands LEPs and local authorities to help secure funding for a new junction 10A on the A14 which is required to facilitate the creation of a 60MW renewable energy park and low carbon business park between Burton Latimer and Kettering.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	904342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and the Highways Agency are already working closely through a Strategic Partners Group, which includes the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Homes and Community Agency, local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships and private sector developers, on the transport infrastructure proposals - including the provision of a new junction 10A on the A14 - in relation to the East Kettering Development site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Highways Agency would be happy to work additionally with the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the Cabinet Office on the provision of transport infrastructure in relation to the proposals for an Energy Park and low carbon business at this location.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/06/2014 12:49:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

61428

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
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 9 June 2014, Official Report, column 6W, on cycling, if he will publish the (a) membership and (b) agendas, minutes and attendees of all previous meetings of the Cycling Stakeholder Forum.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	200279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Cycling Stakeholder Forum has met four times: 13 September 2011, 19 March 2012, 26 June 2012, and 30 September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Minutes were taken for the first and fourth meetings. The second and third meetings were interactive workshops, so minutes were not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The discussions from the second meeting are summarised in a document jointly agreed by the forum, and this can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5014/cycle-forum-vision.pdf/oblocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5014/cycle-forum-vision.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5014/cycle-forum-vision.pdf</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>At the third meeting stakeholders heard about the new Cycle Safety Fund and reached agreement for a working group to organise an event in Leicester later in the year. Further details of the Cycle Safety Fund can be found at:</p><p /> <p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/15m-boost-to-improve-cycle-accident-hotspots" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/15m-boost-to-improve-cycle-accident-hotspots</a> and for the Leicester event at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cash-boost-to-get-england-cycling--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cash-boost-to-get-england-cycling--2</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>All agendas, minutes of the two other meetings, and membership will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/06/2014 15:54:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

61035

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels: Carcinogens
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 annual amount of carcinogens that are released by biofuels activity in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	200012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Transport has not made any annual estimates of carcinogens that are released by biofuels activity. This data is not required to meet the mandatory sustainability criteria under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED), which is applicable to biofuels supplied in the UK under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).</p><p> </p><p>Voluntary schemes approved by the European Commission can set criteria for aspects of biofuel production aimed at minimising adverse environmental impacts associated with agricultural production, including on air quality, in addition to setting sustainability criteria. In 2012/13 eighty one per cent of biofuel supplied in the UK under the RTFO was covered by an approved voluntary scheme, the vast majority of which include additional aspects aimed at minimising the impact on air quality of the cultivation and harvesting of biofuel feedstocks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Air Quality Expert Group has considered the potential impacts of increased biofuel use on air pollutants, such as particulate matter, and concluded that these should fall with most biofuel uptake scenarios. The Group's Report <em>Road Transport Biofuels: Impact on UK Air Quality,</em> is published at:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/110322_AQEG_Biofuels_advice_note.pdf" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/110322_AQEG_Biofuels_advice_note.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In respect of the biofuel supply chain the European Commission produced a staff working document accompanying its renewable energy progress report to the European Parliament in 2013 which is published at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/reports/doc/swd_2013_0102_res_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/reports/doc/swd_2013_0102_res_en.pdf</a></p><p>It concluded that between 2008 and 2010, there was limited change in threats to air quality from EU biofuel demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/06/2014 14:45:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61056

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M54: M6
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to create a link between the M54, the M6 northbound and the M6 toll road.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	200024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Treasury's Command Paper <em>Investing in Britain's future</em> set out that the Government will invest over £28 billion in enhancements and maintenance of national and local roads. It also confirmed that Government would provide funding to build a number of Highways Agency major road projects, including the M54 to M6 Toll Link Road scheme subject to the finalisation of options and agreement being reached on developer contributions.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/06/2014 14:52:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

61106

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an assessment of the Australian Compulsory Third Party Insurance system, through which premiums are paid as part of vehicle registration for its potential applicability in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	200152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No. It is sometimes suggested that a system of centrally funded third party insurance could be introduced in this country. However, insurers have said that a change to such a system would lead to a general increase in premiums, especially for the more careful driver.　 This is because under such a system a vehicle would have to be insured for all possible drivers, including those considered to be in high risk categories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/06/2014 15:48:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden