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984388

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to publish its response to the report of Professor Mohammed Abdel-Haque's task and finish group on the taxi and private hire industry, published in September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	177362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers are considering the recommendations made by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing, a Government response will be issued in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation to reform the regulation of taxis and private hire vehicles will be brought forward if required.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 177363 question first answered 15/10/2018 13:00:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

984389

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on regulatory reform of the taxi and private hire industry.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	177363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers are considering the recommendations made by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing, a Government response will be issued in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation to reform the regulation of taxis and private hire vehicles will be brought forward if required.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 177362 question first answered 15/10/2018 13:00:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

984402

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lichfield Trent Valley Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans for work to commence construction to start on the two lifts designed to enable disabled access to all platforms at Lichfield Trent Valley railway station.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	177170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Work is due to start on site at the end of November with construction lasting until the end of Spring.</p><p> </p><p>The project will deliver new lifts at platform level at Lichfield Trent Valley to link the West Coast Main Line platforms (platforms 1 and 2) to the Cross City Line platform (platform 3) and provide an accessible route to and between all platforms.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/10/2018 10:56:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

984579

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Exiting the European Union on the mutual recognition of seafarers’ certification issued in the (a) UK and (b) EU after 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	177277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>My colleagues and I have regular discussions with other Departments, including the Department for Exiting the European Union, on issues related to the UK’s exit from the European Union, including the recognition of seafarers certificates.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/10/2018 09:18:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

984580

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the implementation of the recommendations of the legal working group on seafarers and the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	177278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>I held a meeting with my previous BEIS counterpart and intend to meet with the new Minister shortly. Officials in the Department for Transport are regularly liaising with BEIS officials to ensure smooth progression of this policy.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/10/2018 09:02:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

984581

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to shipping companies on compliance with the cap on the sulphur content of marine fuel due to enter into force on 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	177279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government supports the 0.5% sulphur cap on marine fuel which comes into force globally on 1 January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Existing UK guidance for shipowners on the issue is published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in MSN 1819 and MGN 381. These will be updated to reflect the changes to the global sulphur cap following completion of work by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on the issue, and in advance of the implementation date.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is actively involved with other States and industry at the IMO, in efforts to support the implementation by shipping companies and fuel suppliers. This work has been progressing well, and will be further advanced at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee which is meeting later this month. This meeting will consider a range of measures to support implementation including ‘ship operator implementation plans’ with further work planned at the IMO Pollution Prevention Response Subcommittee in February 2019 to address cases of non-compliant fuel.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the UK has been active within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in supporting the development of guidance for shipowners. The existing standard for marine fuels (ISO 8217:2017) will continue to apply, but additional guidance will be available for companies ordering and handling these fuels from mid-2019.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/10/2018 09:10:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

982498

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>For parts (a) and (b)</p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p>The Department for Transport was allocated £75.8m for costs arising as the UK leave the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates.</p><p> </p><p>For part (c)</p><p>The Department for Transport has allocated £9.5m to administration spending, which comprises of staffing and legal costs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/10/2018 08:56:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982708

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lifeboats: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he intends to announce a new programme of funding for the inshore and inland rescue boat grant.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	176136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Inshore and Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund has already awarded 201 grants totalling £3.6 million to 98 charities around the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently engaged in the 2018-19 bidding round where a further £1 million is available to support these charities.</p><p> </p><p>A decision on funding for future years will be taken in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/10/2018 12:38:24 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

982906

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2018 to Question 140171 on High Speed 2, how many (a) targeted workshops and (b) surgery sessions HS2 Ltd has undertaken since 9 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	176483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>No targeted workshops or surgery sessions have been held specifically on the HS2 Need to Sell (NTS) scheme since 9 May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has been given on all HS2 property support schemes – including the NTS scheme - at general HS2 events. This includes over thirty public information events held by HS2 Ltd across the Phase 2b route during June and July this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, two land and property focused surgeries were held by HS2 Ltd in the Whitmore area on 15 August and 15 September. Individual sessions with residents were held, which included discussion on land and property compensation scheme options.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd continues to consider areas of the route which may benefit from targeted workshops and surgery sessions on the NTS scheme where acceptance rates are lower than average.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/10/2018 09:40:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

982907

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2018 to Question 126104 on High Speed 2, what progress has been made on the introduction of the prolonged disturbance compensation scheme and; if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	176484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd have developed proposals for the Prolonged Disturbance Compensation Scheme, for those who are likely to be particularly affected by HS2 construction work. These proposals were shared with local authorities in February 2018 and with local communities in June-July 2018 by way of engagement workshops held across the Phase One line of route. HS2 Ltd are reviewing the draft scheme in light of feedback received in response to the community and local authority engagement. The intention is to launch the scheme as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/10/2018 11:37:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach