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166848

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the annual profits to be made by the successful bidders for the East Coast rail franchise.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The level of profit bid by Inter City Railways Limited is commercially sensitive. It is not guaranteed and is commensurate with the risks associated with a franchise of this size and nature. The Government has put in place a profit cap and profit sharing mechanism to prevent any possibility of “over-compensation”.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/12/2014 13:04:24 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

166849

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what provision, if any, will be made in the contract for the East Coast rail franchise to ensure that all profits accruing to the franchisees are subject to United Kingdom taxes.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Inter City Railways Limited is a company registered in England and Wales and thus subject to relevant tax obligations. They are purchasing East Coast Main Line Limited as part of this franchise, which is also registered in England and Wales and compliant with relevant tax obligations. In addition, the Franchise Agreement includes provisions to monitor tax compliance during the life of the franchise.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/12/2014 14:52:05 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

166852

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the timeframe for their planned road improvement works announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 1 December.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy (RIS) committed a total of £15.2 billion in enhancement and long term maintenance of the network between 2015/16 and 2020/21 including 127 major enhancements, of which 84 were newly announced.</p><p> </p><p>This funding will be used to complete the road schemes on the Strategic Road Network currently under construction and begin construction of previously-announced schemes. It is anticipated that 69 of the 84 new road schemes announced as part of the RIS will enter construction over the course of the first Road Period which runs from 2015/16 to 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>A further 15 schemes will be developed during this Road Period, but may not enter construction until the next Road Period. This is generally because the design of the scheme is complex and needs time to consider a number of potential options or because interaction between a proposed scheme and other committed work on the network means doing all of the work at once would cause significant disruption. This RIS commits funding to prepare this scheme so it can be ready to enter construction early in the next Road Period. Should the Strategic Highway Company be able to develop the scheme more quickly than expected, and if efficiency savings have freed surplus funds, construction may begin this Road Period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/12/2014 12:22:09 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

166853

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M6
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to invest in improving the M6.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s £15 billion investment in the strategic road network announced on the 1<sup>st</sup> December, the Department for Transport’s Road Investment Strategy includes committed funding for enhancements to the M6. This includes four schemes already committed to upgrade the most heavily congested parts of the M6 to Smart Motorway, which will add an extra lane through the use of the hard shoulder as part of the &quot;smart spine&quot;, a 145 mile corridor linking London and Manchester and improvements to three junctions to increase capacity and provide better access to local employment and development sites.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/12/2014 12:22:54 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

166111

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A4: Hammersmith and Fulham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect work on the Hammersmith flyover, scheduled to finish in summer 2014, to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Transport in London, including the Hammersmith Flyover, is the responsibility of the Mayor and Transport for London.</p><p> </p><p>Work to strengthen the Hammersmith flyover, including replacing the bearings, installing a new carriageway drainage system and resurfacing and waterproofing the entire flyover, is due to be completed in summer 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 01/12/2014 12:20:39 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

166119

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gatwick Express Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the Office of Rail Regulation is taking to improve and make more reliable the Gatwick Express train service.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>This is firstly a matter for Southern, the franchised train operator of the Gatwick Express service, working with Network Rail. In the event of continued under-performance by Network Rail, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), which is responsible for regulating its performance, will investigate, and take action as necessary. 　The Department for Transport understands that the ORR is working closely with Network Rail with the aim of resolving the current issues which are affecting performance on its Sussex route, which is used by the Gatwick Express service.　 In parallel, the Department is working with the train operator to ensure it delivers a good service to passengers in line with its obligations under the franchise.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 01/12/2014 12:19:09 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

164491

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of Network Rail's ability to deliver infrastructure projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The independent regulator, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), is responsible for overseeing and enforcing Network Rail’s obligations, including the delivery of infrastructure projects. On 20 November ORR published its assessment, in the ‘Network Rail Monitor’, of Network Rail’s performance in the first two quarters of Control Period 5 (2014-19) covering the period 1 April to 11 October 2014. ORR reported that following a period of relatively successful delivery in Control Period 4 (2009-14) Network Rail has not made the expected progress in the early stages of certain enhancement projects in Control Period 5. ORR has asked Network Rail to produce an improvement plan to demonstrate how it will change its approach to make up for these delays and will hold Network Rail to account for its delivery. DfT is working extremely closely with ORR and Network Rail to ensure that the vital passenger benefits in the Rail Investment Strategy are delivered.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 05/12/2014 12:47:14 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164517

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the status of proposals to improve the A1 by making it all dual-carriageway.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
uin	HL3110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s £15 billion investment commitment for the strategic road network announced on the 1<sup>st</sup> December, the Department for Transport’s Road Investment Strategy includes committed funding to dual the single carriageway sections of the A1 from Morpeth to Ellingham, providing 13 more miles of dual carriageway and tripling the amount of continuous dual carriageway north of Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to consider the case for improvements to the remaining single carriageway sections of the A1 between Ellingham and the Scottish border - the only elements of the 330 mile A1 outside London that is not dual carriageway or motorway standard.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 08/12/2014 12:13:32 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

164521

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	ATOL
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will take a decision on including airlines within the ATOL scheme for Flight-Plus transactions in line with powers contained in the Civil Aviation Act 2012.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL3114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission’s proposal for a new Package Travel Directive expands the scope of the definitions to potentially include a range of holidays currently covered as flight-plus arrangements under the Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (ATOL) scheme, and some holidays sold by airlines.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 March 2013, the European Commission published a Communication on Passenger Protection in the Event of Airline Insolvency. The Commission committed to closely monitor the application of a range of measures, and after two years, review their performance and effectiveness and assess whether a legislative initiative is needed to guarantee the protection of passengers in the case of airline insolvency. We anticipate that the Commission’s review will commence next year.</p><p> </p><p>We will carefully consider the outcome of these matters as part of our review of ATOL reform.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL3115 question first answered 08/12/2014 12:11:52 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

164522

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	ATOL
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are considering phasing Flight-Plus out of the ATOL scheme in the context of ATOL reform and the new European Union Package Travel Directive.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL3115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission’s proposal for a new Package Travel Directive expands the scope of the definitions to potentially include a range of holidays currently covered as flight-plus arrangements under the Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (ATOL) scheme, and some holidays sold by airlines.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 March 2013, the European Commission published a Communication on Passenger Protection in the Event of Airline Insolvency. The Commission committed to closely monitor the application of a range of measures, and after two years, review their performance and effectiveness and assess whether a legislative initiative is needed to guarantee the protection of passengers in the case of airline insolvency. We anticipate that the Commission’s review will commence next year.</p><p> </p><p>We will carefully consider the outcome of these matters as part of our review of ATOL reform.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL3114 question first answered 08/12/2014 12:11:52 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison