Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

418515

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
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 10 September 2015 to Question 9153, whether he received advice from officials in his Department on the potential deferral of Network Rail projects prior to 15 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	10084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State told the Transport Select Committee in July 2015, he received advice in September 2014 that there was a cost overrun of some £2 billion for Network Rail enhancement projects. This advice identified measures to bring costs back down. It did not advise pausing Midland Main Line electrification or Transpennine electrification.</p><p> </p><p>15<sup>th</sup> June 2015 was the first day on which that the Secretary of State received advice that these two projects should be paused.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/09/2015 15:34:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418516

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Standards
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 10 September 2015 to Question 9152, and with reference to page 214 of his Department's Great Western Franchise Agreement of 22 March 2015, what advice he received from the Rail Safety and Standards Board and the Office of Rail and Road prior to his decision to include in that Agreement a requirement for the Great Western franchisee to develop proposals for main line trial deployment of converted Class 230 trains taking into account the applicability and safety implications of the deviations granted to D78 London Underground rolling stock in 2002 for (a) non-fitment of train protection and warning system in-cab equipment and (b) non-compliance with railway group standards structural requirements for windscreens and windows.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	10085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not decided to require the Great Western franchisee to develop proposals for main line train deployment of converted Class 230 trains.　 The obligation in the new First Great Western franchise agreement is for the Franchisee to submit an initial feasibility study.　 The franchise agreement makes clear that any proposals for a trial that might derive from that report would be subject to a separate decision by the Secretary of State and would be subject to initial examination confirming likely viability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/09/2015 15:20:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

417883

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the last major maintenance work was undertaken on (1) the junction of the M6 and the A38(M), known as Spaghetti Junction, and (2) the elevated section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL2116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>From Highways England’s records that are readily available,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(1) The last major maintenance work at the junction of the M6 and the A38 (M), known as Spaghetti Junction was undertaken in 1995.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(2) The last major maintenance work at the elevated section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2 was undertaken in 1987.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>On the matter of the annual maintenance cost:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The cost of maintaining the motorway junction of the M6 with the A38(M), known as Spaghetti Junction was approximately £8.2m for the 12 month period July 2014 to June2015.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Costs for earlier periods are not readily available.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The cost of maintaining the elevated section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2 was approximately £2.4m for the 12 month period July 2014 to June 2015.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Costs for earlier periods are not readily available.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2117 HL2118 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:04:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

417884

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual cost of maintaining the motorway junction of the M6 with the A38(M), known as Spaghetti Junction, for each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL2117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>From Highways England’s records that are readily available,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(1) The last major maintenance work at the junction of the M6 and the A38 (M), known as Spaghetti Junction was undertaken in 1995.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(2) The last major maintenance work at the elevated section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2 was undertaken in 1987.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>On the matter of the annual maintenance cost:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The cost of maintaining the motorway junction of the M6 with the A38(M), known as Spaghetti Junction was approximately £8.2m for the 12 month period July 2014 to June2015.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Costs for earlier periods are not readily available.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The cost of maintaining the elevated section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2 was approximately £2.4m for the 12 month period July 2014 to June 2015.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Costs for earlier periods are not readily available.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2116 HL2118 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:04:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

417885

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M5
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual cost of maintaining the elevated motorway section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2 for each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL2118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>From Highways England’s records that are readily available,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(1) The last major maintenance work at the junction of the M6 and the A38 (M), known as Spaghetti Junction was undertaken in 1995.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(2) The last major maintenance work at the elevated section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2 was undertaken in 1987.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>On the matter of the annual maintenance cost:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The cost of maintaining the motorway junction of the M6 with the A38(M), known as Spaghetti Junction was approximately £8.2m for the 12 month period July 2014 to June2015.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Costs for earlier periods are not readily available.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The cost of maintaining the elevated section of the M5 between junctions 1 and 2 was approximately £2.4m for the 12 month period July 2014 to June 2015.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Costs for earlier periods are not readily available.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2116 HL2117 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:04:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

417909

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Belfast
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the coastguard boat based in Belfast was given an Irish Language name; and what steps they plan to take to ensure equality of cultures in any such namings in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Coastguard does not have a boat based in Belfast.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/09/2015 13:29:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

417460

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which year they currently expect the dualling of the A303 around Stonehenge to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Cameron of Dillington
uin	HL2056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy sets out an intention to upgrade all remaining single carriageway sections of the A303 between the M3 and the A358 to dual carriageway standard as part of a long-term commitment to creating a new Expressway to the South West. We are starting this process with three major improvements: A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge), A303 Sparkford to Illchester and the A358 Taunton (M5) to Southfields. Construction of these schemes is expected to start in the first Road Period (by 1 April 2020), depending on planning, and completion is expected by the middle of the 2020s at the latest. We would expect subsequent Road Investment Strategies to fund the remaining improvements, such as to the Illminster by-pass.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2057 question first answered 16/09/2015 13:30:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3705 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Dillington

417461

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which year they currently expect the dualling of the A303 along the Ilminster by-pass and the A358 link to the M5 to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Cameron of Dillington
uin	HL2057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy sets out an intention to upgrade all remaining single carriageway sections of the A303 between the M3 and the A358 to dual carriageway standard as part of a long-term commitment to creating a new Expressway to the South West. We are starting this process with three major improvements: A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge), A303 Sparkford to Illchester and the A358 Taunton (M5) to Southfields. Construction of these schemes is expected to start in the first Road Period (by 1 April 2020), depending on planning, and completion is expected by the middle of the 2020s at the latest. We would expect subsequent Road Investment Strategies to fund the remaining improvements, such as to the Illminster by-pass.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2056 question first answered 16/09/2015 13:30:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3705 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Dillington

417507

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Lost Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of lost property is recovered from (1) Heathrow airport, (2) Manchester airport, (3) Liverpool airport, (4) Gatwick airport, and (5) Glasgow airport.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL2103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collect statistics on what proportion of lost property is recovered from airports. This is a matter for the airports concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/09/2015 14:03:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

417508

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Lost Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what happens to the lost property that is not recovered at (1) Heathrow airport, (2) Manchester airport, (3) Liverpool airport, (4) Gatwick airport, and (5) Glasgow airport; and what revenue, if any, property that is not recovered raises for each airport.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL2104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the lost property arrangements of individual airports or any revenue that they collect as a result. However it is usual practice for items to be retained for a minimum of 90 days and then either auctioned, donated or, where they may be deemed hazardous, to be disposed of in a suitable manner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/09/2015 14:03:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle