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1664628

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date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Access for All funding has been allocated; and if he will make it his policy to provide funding to improve accessibility at Erith station.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	202481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>We are assessing over 300 nominations for Access for All funding for the period 2024-29, including a nomination for Erith station. If successful, the funding will create an obstacle free, accessible route from the station entrance to platforms. We hope to be in a position to announce successful nominations later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/10/2023 14:46:46 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1664724

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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: Accountancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who were the accounting officers responsible for HS2 at (1) the Department for Transport, and (2) HS2 Ltd, for the period from 1 January 2009 to the present.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Accounting Officers at the Department for Transport and Chief Executives at HS2 Ltd from 1 January 2009 to the present are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd</p><ul><li>Alison Munro CBE (January 2009 – September 2014)</li><li>Simon Kirby (September 2014 – December 2016)</li><li>Roy Hill (December 2016 – March 2017)</li><li>Mark Thurston (March 2017 – September 2023)</li><li>Sir Jonathan Thompson (September 2023 - Present)</li></ul><p> </p><p>DfT</p><ul><li>Sir Robert Devereux KCB (2007 - December 2011)</li><li>Dame Linda Margaret Homer DCB (December 2011 – March 2012)</li><li>Sir Philip McDougall Rutnam KCB (March 2012 – April 2017)</li><li>Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB (April 2017 – Present)</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 08:27:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1664725

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Passengers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of whether service operators of vessels at UK ports should be able to deny boarding to any person representing a potential or actual business competitor of that operator.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Service operators decide the conditions on which their services are provided. Operators including general passenger vessels are subject to relevant consumer and anti-discrimination law, which their terms of business should comply with.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 08:26:51 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1664726

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what legal process they plan to follow to cancel the HS2 Phase 2B West (Crewe to Manchester) and whether there are any plans for petitioners to be compensated for legal costs incurred.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Government is currently considering the next steps for the High-Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill, including for outstanding petitioners. When decisions have been reached, we will set out these steps to the House in the usual way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 10:27:49 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1664727

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what legal process they plan to follow to cancel HS2 Phase 2A; whether they plan to introduce legislation to repeal the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021; and what Phase 2A’s cancellation means for the undertakings and assurances given during the passage of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department will ensure that the process to ensure the orderly and safe cessation of activities on Phase 2a is regular and proper as set out in the Permanent Secretary’s Accounting Officer Assessment. There are no immediate plans to introduce legislation to repeal the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021. The Department and HS2 Ltd will review all Undertakings and Assurances given and will consider what steps, if any, are required to manage them on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 10:43:35 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1664728

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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: Land
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to remove the safeguarding protections from land or properties covered by HS2 Phases 2A and 2B; whether they will offer any acquired properties or land back for sale to previous owners and, if so, at what price; and what steps they will take to remedy any HS2-related work that has already commenced on any such land or properties.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Phase 2a safeguarding will be formally lifted in weeks and Phase 2b safeguarding will be amended by the summer of next year, to allow for any safeguarding needed for Northern Powerhouse Rail. In the meantime, we will take steps to begin to lift the blighting effect of HS2 in areas where safeguarding is going to be lifted.</p><p> </p><p>Where any land or property has been acquired compulsorily or via statutory blight and is no longer required, it will be sold subject to the Crichel Down Rules. These require government departments, under certain circumstances, to offer back surplus land to the former owner or the former owner’s successors at the current market value. All land and property will be assessed prior to disposal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 08:28:12 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1664729

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to set up an independent inquiry to review HS2 Phase 1, to either (1) reduce costs, or (2) investigate options for integrating HS2 Phase 1 into the existing Network Rail system.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Following the Prime Minister’s Network North announcement and the changes to the scope of the HS2 programme, HS2 Ltd is working closely with the department to identify further cost reduction options. Officials will continue to assess opportunities to maximise the benefits of the scheme and its integration with the wider rail network.  As set out in point 26 of the Network North: Transforming British Transport, we are making changes quickly and decisively so the remainder of HS2 is delivered as cost effectively as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 10:44:55 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1664732

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 27 September (HL10352), what plans they have in concluding future negotiations with train providers to bear a proportion of the costs that train operators face as a consequence of failing to provide quality service to rail customers.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL10506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to negotiate any variations to the Intercity Express Programme’s contracts with Agility to extend the incentive regime. The contracted arrangements for instances where full service provision is not offered are contained in the existing contracts, as articulated in previous responses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 08:23:28 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1664733

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Worcestershire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the usage figures for Worcestershire Parkway station, published on 8 September, which showed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic a volume of journeys from the station had been reached that was not expected to have been achieved for another 11 years, what assessment they have made of the continued need for the Department for Transport to use Transport Analysis Guidance monitoring systems for assessing the likely value of new railway stations.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL10507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The business case for Worcestershire Parkway forecasted a range of demand scenarios to account for uncertainty around the modelling. These included different assumptions on external events, expectations for housing growth and level of abstraction from surrounding stations. We are due to receive a report on the station’s performance from Worcester County Council. We will work through the findings on the differences between the forecasted demand and actual performance and use this to help inform future stations appraisals.</p><p> </p><p>The Transport Analysis Guidance continues to be recommended best practice for transport appraisal. We recognise the analytical challenges associated with forecasting demand for new stations, and valuing the benefits they bring. Following research carried out by Leeds ITS for Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), published on their websites research catalogue as &quot;Rail Openings Appraisal (COF-ECO-ROA)&quot;, we are reviewing our guidance in this area and plan to bring forward improvements to it in future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 08:24:06 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1664734

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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: Land
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announced cancellation of phase 2 of HS2, how much has been spent on the purchase of land for phase 2 of HS2 that is no longer necessary.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL10512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>As of September 2023, £208m has been spent on land and property on Phase 2a and £356m on Phase 2b. Any property that is no longer required will be sold and a programme is being developed to do this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL10552 question first answered 26/10/2023 10:46:24 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb