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1653782

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date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
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 July 2023 to Question 193235 on Railways: Tickets, by what means he was first made aware of proposals to close a majority of staffed railway ticket offices in England.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>Ministers regularly hold meetings with stakeholders, including the Rail Delivery Group and train operating companies, on challenges to the rail network. This includes discussions on modernising and improving the customer experience.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/07/2023 08:48:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653785

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) projected end date is, (b) forecast spend in the financial year 2023-24 is, (c) initial planned whole life costs were and (d) delivery confidence assessment is of the Midlands Rail Hub programme; and when each of those figures were last reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The Midlands Rail Hub is projected to enter service in the early 2030s, and the forecast spend in 2023/24 is £7.98m. Initial planned whole life costs (at the time of the 2019 Strategic Outline Business Case) were £1,544m. The Delivery Confidence Assessment remains Amber, as set out in the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report. This detail is reviewed quarterly in line with the requirements of the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/07/2023 08:57:17 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653786

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) projected end date is, (b) forecast spend in the financial year 2023-24 is, (c) initial planned whole life costs were and (d) delivery confidence assessment is of the TransPennine Route Upgrade; and when each of those figures were last reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The current forecast end date for the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme is between 2036 and 2041, but benefits will be released in phases from 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Forecast spend in 2023-24 is circa £650m and the total programme investment is estimated between £9.0bn and £11.5bn. Whole life costs are estimated at £12.1bn: up-front capital expenditure accounts for the significant proportion of this. All of these figures are from the 2021 business case; an update is currently in progress.</p><p> </p><p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority rated the TRU programme’s delivery confidence as Amber in January and May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/07/2023 13:23:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653787

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by which date he expects a site for the Great British Railway headquarters to be identified.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) is working closely with Derby City Council to identify a suitable site. This collaboration has been underway since Derby was selected as the location for the headquarters of GBR and the site will be confirmed in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/07/2023 08:54:33 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653789

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: WiFi
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 adequacy of WiFi on passenger trains.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department previously commissioned Transport Focus' '<em>Keeping connected: passengers’ experience of internet connectivity on Great Britain’s railways</em>' report, published on 24 July 2020, assessing on-train wifi and mobile operator connectivity.</p><p>Today the on-train wifi equipment, and hence the passenger experience, depends on the availability of adequate mobile signals.</p><p>We are working with Network Rail, to repeat the measurements of mobile operator signals across the rail network, previously published by Ofcom in 2019.The Department aims to publish this data in late 2024.</p><p>The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology in their Wireless Infrastructure Strategy has also asked Ofcom to increase their reporting of coverage on the rail network with an objective of reporting this annually and presenting this &quot;<em>in a way that provides meaningful information to consumers.</em>&quot;</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/07/2023 08:57:11 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653793

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of electric vehicle charging points in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>Overall, it is estimated that there are 468, 579 charging devices / sockets as of July 2023. As of 1 July 2023, there were 44,020 public charging devices in the UK, according to data supplied by Zapmap. As of 1 April 2023 (the most recent public data available), there were 339,775 charging devices installed through the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS), 40,333 devices installed through the Domestic Residential Scheme (DRS), 2,347 sockets installed through the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grants scheme (EVCG), and 42,104 sockets installed through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/07/2023 07:35:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1653832

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 193004 on Railways: Tickets, whether he instructed Train Operating Companies to consult on ticket closures; and whether Train Operating Companies are able to consult on closing ticket offices without seeking Ministerial approval under passenger service agreements in place.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>There are agreements between the Department and train operators on different areas to ensure that services can be delivered in a safe, secure and efficient way for the benefit of customers and the taxpayer. It is for industry to bring forward proposals as to how to deliver that.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/07/2023 08:50:33 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653833

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his correspondence with the (a) Chair of the Rail Delivery Group and (b) chief executive officers of train operating companies which have passenger service contracts with his Department on the proposals to close ticket offices.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans for any general publication of this correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/07/2023 08:52:24 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653845

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department reviewed international comparisons when assessing the potential impact of closing railway station ticket offices.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	194652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>As this is an industry-led process, and it would be for individual operators to undertake the relevant analysis as part of overall assessments.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/07/2023 08:55:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1653847

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on fixing potholes in Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	194661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>Local highway authorities, including Lincolnshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. Local highway authorities do not routinely inform the Department of their spend on pothole repairs.</p><p> </p><p>During the past five financial years the Department has provided over £207 million to Lincolnshire County Council for highway maintenance, including pothole repair. Note that local authorities are also able to use other funding streams, in addition, for highway maintenance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block £m</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund £m</p></td><td><p>Pothole Fund £m</p></td><td><p>Total £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>30.952</p></td><td><p>1.642</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32.594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30.952</p></td><td><p>1.608</p></td><td><p>19.301</p></td><td><p>51.861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>21.513</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17.210</p></td><td><p>38.723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>21.513</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17.210</p></td><td><p>38.723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>28.397</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17.210</p></td><td><p>45.607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>133.327</p></td><td><p>3.250</p></td><td><p>70.931</p></td><td><p>207.508</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/07/2023 10:21:02 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes