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835966

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of his Department make use of the childcare vouchers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	126321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>At the end of January 2018, the Department and its Executive Agencies had 584 employees using the childcare vouchers scheme.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2018 11:51:09 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

836009

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	TransPennine Express
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the Rail North Partnerships to respond to TransPennine Express's consultation and report process on Boxing Day services.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	126364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Franchise Agreement with TransPennine Express does not outline a timetable for a response to TransPennine Express's consultation and report process on Boxing Day services. However, the Department and Rail North Partnerships are currently considering the contents of the report to determine whether Boxing Day services may be introduced from Dec-18, and if so, how it would be funded. A decision for this implementation date would be required by May/June 2018, and subject to identification of funding.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/02/2018 11:58:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

836010

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: York
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 improve the quality and reliability of WiFi on rail services to and from York.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	126365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving wifi and mobile connectivity for rail customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has taken steps to improve the wifi on rail services to and from York by putting in place requirements for the provision of wifi on the relevant franchises (Cross Country, East Midlands, First TransPennine Express, Northern and Virgin Trains East Coast). Good progress has been made and this work is due to be completed by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we are working with the Department of Digital Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to see what further improvements can be made to mobile connectivity on trains. A joint Call for Evidence, published on 28 December 2017, is seeking views to inform our thinking on policy and delivery, and support the ambition to have digital connectivity on our railways that meets passenger expectations. The results will be published later in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/02/2018 11:55:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

836034

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s guidance, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £220,000 which was allocated for the item described as media monitoring and (b) the criteria by which his Department judges whether such items of expenditure represent good value for money.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is the executive non-departmental public body established to develop and deliver the HS2 programme.</p><p> </p><p>This is a multi-year amalgamated service contract.</p><p> </p><p>£220,000 represents the value at which the contract was advertised – as a two year contract with a two year extension option (four years in total). It does not reflect the final service contract value. The service contract awarded has a budget of £55,000 per annum. As this is a call-off contract and the spend fluctuates on how many times HS2 is mentioned in the media the total value will not necessarily be the total spend.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd competitively tendered this contract requirement to ensure best value to the taxpayer in line with statutory and other requirements. Commercial submissions were evaluated by HS2 Ltd as part of the tender, combined with technical outputs, with the aim of ensuring best overall value was obtained. Any further breakdown of contract values is commercially sensitive and is therefore unavailable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2018 16:06:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

836035

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s publication, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £50,000 which was allocated for the item described as trends and insights subscription services and (b) the criteria by which his Department judges whether such items of expenditure represent good value to the taxpayer.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>A breakdown of contract values is commercially sensitive and is therefore unavailable. HS2 Ltd competitively tendered this contract requirement to ensure best value to the taxpayer in line with statutory and other requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2018 15:58:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

836037

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s guidance, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £2,400,000 which was allocated for the item described as events delivery planner and (b) the criteria by which his Department judges whether such items of expenditure represent good value for money.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is the executive non-departmental public body established to develop and deliver the HS2 programme. This is multi-year contract for services to support with HS2 Ltd events to engage with industry and supply chain in order to ensure that Small Medium Enterprises (SME’s) are ready and able to take advantage of the contract opportunities that HS2 presents, and are aware of the expectations that HS2 has of them. In addition it supports events to engage with the public to promote the skills, educational and employment opportunities that HS2 provides.</p><p> </p><p>The contract is a call-off contract and therefore the indicative budget of £2,400,000 is a cap and HS2 Ltd will not necessarily spend this total value.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd competitively tendered this contract requirement to ensure best value to the taxpayer in line with statutory and other requirements. Any further breakdown of contract values is commercially sensitive and is therefore unavailable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2018 16:03:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

836040

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	126395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport reviews land and property holdings on an ongoing basis. As and when appropriate any land or property holdings deemed surplus are promptly identified and disposed of in accordance with business needs.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s Transparency Agenda information about Department for Transport properties is published on the data.gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the land owned by the Department in (i) England and (ii) the South West and information on land that is surplus is available via the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/epimstransparency" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/epimstransparency</a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2018 16:10:06 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

834571

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
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 ensure that train operating companies pay compensation to passengers on delayed services for the full length of the journey being claimed for and not for part of that journey.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	126044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Rail passengers are more willing and able than ever to demand and get fair compensation if their train is late or cancelled, with over £73m paid out to successful claimants in 2016/17. This is an increase of 63.8% on the 2015/16 total of £44.9m.</p><p> </p><p>We want passengers to continue claiming the compensation they are entitled to, and we are working with train operating companies to improve current compensation arrangements, including through the roll-out of Delay Repay 15 across the network.</p><p> </p><p>However, if passengers do not feel they have been fairly compensated for delays and cancellations to their train journeys, they can ask Transport Focus, or London TravelWatch, who represent rail users, to look into their complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/02/2018 13:33:20 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

834614

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide clearer guidance and standardisation for flashing bike lights.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	126062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Standards for the fitment and use of bike lights are set out in the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 as amended.</p><p> </p><p>Front and rear flashing lights are permitted on bicycles provided they do not cause undue dazzle or discomfort to other road users, have a constant flashing frequency of 1 to 4hz and, if they are the only lights fitted, an intensity of not less than four candelas.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/02/2018 13:27:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

834622

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the trend in the level of passenger journeys made by bus by people aged (a) 16 and under, (b) 17-20 and (c) 21-29 since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	126070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport funds the National Travel Survey (NTS), a series of annual household surveys which provide consistent data on personal travel behaviour for all residents of England. The latest year for which data are available is 2016. Estimates for the number of bus trips per person per year by the requested age groups, for the years 2010 to 2016, are given in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Average number of local and non-local bus trips<sup>1</sup>, by age group: England, 2010-2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Trips per person per year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>17-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>21-29</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>1 'Bus trips' includes local buses in London and elsewhere, and non-local buses, where the bus stage was the longest part of the trip, by distance.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><em>Source: DfT, National Travel Survey</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The figures suggest that there has been a fall, in 2016, in the number of bus trips taken by all ages shown. The survey is subject to sampling error, however, so single year on year changes should be interpreted with caution.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2018 13:41:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald