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1487350

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date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department has provided to other Government departments regarding publicly funded contracts with P&O Ferries since 17 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The way 800 loyal and experienced workers were treated by P&amp;O Ferries was shameful and utterly unacceptable. There is no excuse for their actions – and we continue to hold them to account.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Transport has conducted a thorough review of government contracts with P&amp;O Ferries, finding that they are not providing any direct services to UK Government. One contract between the Home Office and P&amp;O Ferries was terminated.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Whilst the review has concluded, if a contract were to emerge elsewhere which has not been identified through this process, then we would take appropriate action.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The way 800 loyal and experienced workers were treated by P&amp;O Ferries was shameful and utterly unacceptable. We continue to hold them to account.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department for Transport has previously conducted a thorough review of ongoing government contracts with P&amp;O Ferries, and one ongoing contract between the Home Office and P&amp;O Ferries was terminated at our request. We cannot rule out the possibility of Departments procuring P&amp;O Ferries’ services through, for instance, internal commercial booking agents for official business on an ad-hoc basis.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If any publicly funded ongoing contract were to emerge which has not been identified through this process, then we would take appropriate action.</ins></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/07/2022 11:53:18 question first ministerially corrected 15/07/2022 07:35:15 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts previous answer version 12068 answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487353

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Manston Airport: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the use of Manston Airport to temporarily accommodate undocumented migrants arriving in the Port of Dover.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place on the former site of Manston Airport temporarily accommodating undocumented migrants arriving at the Port of Dover.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/07/2022 11:51:13 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487355

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Dover: Undocumented Migrants
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 representatives of the Port of Dover on the impact on that organisation of undocumented migrants arriving on the Kent coast.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has not had recent discussions with the Port of Dover on the impact on that organisation of undocumented migrants, but Departmental officials meet regularly with representatives of the Port of Dover to discuss all relevant issues impacting their operations.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/07/2022 09:24:24 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487048

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Routes: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of direct flights between the UK and Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Mark Eastwood
uin	31936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Air services between the United Kingdom and other countries are governed by a portfolio of bilateral air services agreements, which set the framework in which airlines from both countries operate. Our agreement with Pakistan does not place any restrictions on the frequency or nature of direct air services. Any airline from the UK or Pakistan, designated under this agreement, can operate between any points in the two countries.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is for individual airlines to determine whether to take advantage of the rights and routes available to them within any air services agreement. Market conditions, such as the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, often affect the commercial considerations of airlines.</p><p> </p><p>My Department’s officials and the Civil Aviation Authority stand ready to assist any UK or Pakistan airline which wants to operate between the two countries.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/07/2022 12:01:03 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4807 label Biography information for Mark Eastwood

1487087

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the personal safety of rail passengers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	31908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The rail industry has a well-established strategy to target personal safety, and the Department works closely with British Transport Police and industry to deliver safer physical environments and operational responses to vulnerability, through both the Secure Stations Scheme, and Safeguarding on Rail Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/07/2022 09:53:01 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1487108

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to help prevent incidents of verbal and physical abuse on the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	31910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The rail industry in partnership with the British Transport Police (BTP) are working hard to protect passengers and rail staff and deliver a safer transport network. BTP undertakes a range activity to address violence against staff, including holding a specific work-place violence group with industry to identify and share best practice.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/07/2022 09:55:59 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1486445

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Local Government: Motor Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a part-funded scheme that allows local authority refuse vehicles that are near end-of-life to be replaced with zero emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	31114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Government welcomes innovative retrofit technology for converting internal combustion engine vehicles to zero emission. This will be an important element in reducing road transport emissions, helping to bridge the gap in the journey to net zero. Government has invested over £80 million in retrofitting vehicles (mainly buses) with low- and zero-emission technology since 2013.</p><p>Additionally, government has supported the accreditation of vehicle retrofit technologies under the Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme, looking particularly to bring solutions for different vehicle types to the market.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/07/2022 15:17:26 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1486506

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Campaign for Better Transport's report, Funding local bus services in England, published in June 2022, if his Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of the findings of that report that (a) more than half of areas that applied for more support received no funding and (b) more than a third of the country’s population did not receive funding; and if he will (a) review the competitive funding model and (b) replace that model with long-term funding allocations for all local authorities conditional on achieving certain objectives.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	31227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>A total of 31 Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs), representing 34 local authority areas, have been selected for funding from the £1.2 billion new dedicated funding announced in April to level up local bus services.</p><p>Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) not in receipt of BSIP funding have been offered a further capacity support grant to strengthen their in-house capacity; will be able to access practical assistance, including training, under the auspices of the new Bus Centre of Excellence; and can apply for other government funding sources to improve their bus services and grow bus patronage.</p><p>In the Levelling-Up White Paper, the Government recognised the benefits of long-term funding and has committed to simplifying the funding landscape for local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/07/2022 15:24:11 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1486559

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The total value of contracts held since 2020 by DfTc with: -</p><p>(a)G4S £0</p><p>(b)Serco £0</p><p>(c)Capita £152,951</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/07/2022 09:26:33 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486742

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the updated business case for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down Improvement Scheme has been presented to the Investment, Portfolio and Delivery Committee (IPDC); and if so, (1) when, (2) what is the date of the report containing the updated business case, and (3) what conclusions the IPDC has made on the report.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>National Highways presented the initial Full Business Case (dated January 2022) for the scheme to the DfT Investment, Portfolio and Delivery Committee (IPDC) on 7 February 2022. The Committee was content to approve the initial Full Business Case in support of National Highways proceeding with Main Works and Delivery Assurance Partner contract awards subject to HM Treasury and Ministerial approval. Subsequent HMT approval was conditional upon National Highways and DfT returning to HMT to seek final investment and FBC approval before commencing main works mobilisation and following the conclusion of the planning process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 12/07/2022 13:19:44 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb