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173138

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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 communities will be informed about (a) the likely start date for construction works for High Speed 2 (Phase 1) in their area and (b) the length of time such construction works are planned to take.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Indicative construction programmes for each Community Forum Area are set out in the Environmental Statement submitted to Parliament in the relevant Volume 2 report.　 These programmes will be developed further through the hybrid Bill and detailed design process so HS2 Ltd will continue to engage with people along the Phase One route as the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill progresses through Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Code of Construction Practice, published as part of the Bill documentation, states that the nominated undertaker and its contractors will ensure that local residents, occupiers, businesses, local authorities and parish councils affected by the proposed construction works, as outlined in the Environmental Statement, will be informed in advance of works taking place.　 The notifications will detail the estimated duration of the works, the working hours and the nature of the works.　 The timetable for construction works will be confirmed after Royal Assent to the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 11:15:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173229

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) employees and (b) secondees have been appointed by HS2 Ltd since October 2014; and what the pay grade and salary scale of each such person is.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Since October HS2 Ltd has appointed 43 new staff.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the grading of 40 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition there were three senior appointments. Information on these is given in £5k bands.</p><p> </p><p>2 appointments were in the range £185 – 190k</p><p>1 appointment was in the range £200 – 205k</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd has taken on 11 secondees since 1 October 2014. Salary details of these individuals are held by their parent organisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HS2 Grade</p></td><td><p>Number of employees</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Published salary ranges</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>min</p></td><td><p>mid</p></td><td><p>max</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£21,476</p></td><td><p>£23,623</p></td><td><p>£25,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£24,001</p></td><td><p>£26,412</p></td><td><p>£28,813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£26,056</p></td><td><p>£28,662</p></td><td><p>£31,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£29,462</p></td><td><p>£32,408</p></td><td><p>£35,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£33,080</p></td><td><p>£36,388</p></td><td><p>£39,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£35,704</p></td><td><p>£38,587</p></td><td><p>£44,629</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£40,757</p></td><td><p>£44,832</p></td><td><p>£50,956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£45,915</p></td><td><p>£50,506</p></td><td><p>£59,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£59,867</p></td><td><p>£65,854</p></td><td><p>£77,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£65,378</p></td><td><p>£76,916</p></td><td><p>£92,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>40</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>TOTAL employees</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 12:28:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173230

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average per metre bored tunnel cost is of the Crossrail tunnels.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The average cost per metre of a bored tunnel will be influenced by a number of factors. This includes the ground and soil conditions, the sequencing of a project, the drive length, the depth of the tunnel and production rates.</p><p> </p><p>On the Crossrail project the cost per metre of the twin bored tunnels is between £30 – 35,000 at a base date of Q3 2013. This figure excludes additional scope within the tunnelling contracts including the construction of tunnel portals, shafts, tunnel cross passages, tunnel fit out, design, project management and spoil disposal.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/01/2015 14:21:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173231

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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, who will sit on the Need to Sell panel; and whether any of that panel will be employees or secondees of HS2 Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Need to Sell panel will be fully independent, comprising three lay-people. Employees and secondees from HS2 Ltd will not form part of the Panel.</p><p> </p><p>This was set out in the Decision Document published in April 2014 following the Property Compensation Consultation 2013 for the London-West Midlands HS2 route.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 11:13:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173232

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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, how much was spent on High Speed 2 during the period 1 January to 31 December 2013; and what budgeted spend was under each cost heading for (a) 2013 and (b)1 January to 31 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table below</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure against budget in 2013 and 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Actual Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£242.6m</p></td><td><p>£224.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£215.2m</p></td><td><p>£170.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that our budget and expenditure is accounted for within financial years rather than calendar years. Therefore in the table above, 2013 is a combination of Jan to Mar from FY 2012/13 plus Apr to Dec from FY 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 12:21:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173233

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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, how many petition response documents have been issued to those who have submitted petitions on High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>As instructed by the Select Committee for the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Hybrid Bill, Promoter Response Documents have to be issued at least four weeks before a petitioner is scheduled to be heard. 　As at close of business on 12 January 2015, in response to the 1960 petitions received, 404 Promoter Response Documents have been issued.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 11:14:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173234

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average tunnel boring machine advance rate is for the Crossrail tunnels.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Crossrail Ltd has used eight tunnel boring machines in order to complete ten tunnel drives to create the 21km (42km in total) of twin bored tunnel through which the Crossrail trains will operate.</p><p> </p><p>Crossrail Ltd are using two different types of tunnel boring machine on their tunnel drives. Six of the machines are known as earth pressure balance machines to drive through clay to the west of the River Thames and riverbed deposits to the east. The other two machines are known as slurry machines and have driven through chalk and flint beneath the River Thames.</p><p> </p><p>The average run rate per day of the earth pressure balance machines is 16.9 metres and the average run rate per day for the slurry machines is 7.9 metres.</p><p> </p><p>The progress of each machine differs based on a number of variables including the ground and soil conditions, the sequencing of the project, the drive length, the depth of the tunnel, the maintenance of the machines and production rates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/01/2015 14:18:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173237

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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 a High Speed 2 Residents' Commissioner has now been appointed; and when the Residents' Charter will be in operation.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	220419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>An announcement about the appointment of the Residents’ Commissioner will be made shortly. The Residents’ Charter will launch at the same time as the announcement and will be published on the Government’s website.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 12:16:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

173238

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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 latest estimate is of the number of existing platforms at Euston station which will have to be taken out of use to permit construction of a London terminus for High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	220501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Plans for Euston are still being finalised in conjunction with the railway industry. A key objective of the Department is to minimise disruption to the existing rail service during construction works at Euston. Any reduction in the number of platforms at Euston will be done in full consultation with train operators and Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 11:32:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

173239

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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 HS2 Ltd will start consultation on new design proposals for Euston station to comply with the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	220506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Consultation on the proposals for Euston station will take place as part of the parliamentary process following the submission of revised plans in September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/01/2015 11:43:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson