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389074

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Mobile Phones
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 mobile network operators on (a) digital infrastructure and inclusion and (b) reform of the Electronic Communications Code since 7 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	6549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. All mobile network operators were invited to respond to our call for evidence on improving mobile communications to UK rail passengers.</p><p>This call for evidence, which has now closed, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434379/Improving_mobile_communications_to_UK_rail_passengers.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434379/Improving_mobile_communications_to_UK_rail_passengers.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/07/2015 12:42:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

389075

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the £3.4 billion reduction in capital expenditure for his Department he plans will apply to (a) the roads budget, (b) the rail budget and (c) other budgets; and what proportion of the reduction to the roads budget will apply to (i) the Highways Agency, (ii) local authority maintenance, (iii) local authority major projects and (iv) other areas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	6525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury has published the central government main supply estimates for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s Estimate for 2014-15 included a Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) of £9.5 billion, whereas the planned Capital DEL expenditure for 2015-16 is £6.1 billion, a difference of £3.4 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, this is largely due to the reclassification of Network Rail to Central Government, not any reduction in capital expenditure.　 From 1 April 2015, all elements of Network Rail’s income, capital and resource expenditure are consolidated through the Department as Annually Managed Expenditure. The Network Rail grant (£3.8 billion in 2015-16), formerly treated as Capital DEL, no longer scores in the Department’s budgets on consolidation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2015 12:32:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

389077

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
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 Department of Culture, Media and Sport on improving wifi coverage and mobile connectivity across the UK rail network.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	6554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>I meet regularly with my counterparts at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to discuss improving Wi-Fi coverage and mobile connectivity across the UK rail network, and on 10 June 2015, my hon Friend, the Minister of State for Culture and Digital Economy, the hon Member for Wantage (Ed Vaizey) and I launched a call for evidence to seek information on how best to tackle poor coverage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/07/2015 12:54:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

388919

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: North Devon
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 North Devon constituency is adequately covered by search and rescue services (a) in the summer and (b) at other times when such services are no longer based at RMB Chivenor.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
uin	6374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>North Devon will continue to be served by search and rescue (SAR) helicopters operating from military bases at RMB Chivenor through to 1 October 2015 and RNAS Culdrose through to 1 January 2016. A new UK SAR helicopter service operating from new bases at Cardiff St Athan and Newquay Airport will take the place of SAR helicopter services currently operated out of RMB Chivenor and RNAS Culdrose. The start of these new services will coincide with the end of the military services at Chivenor and Culdrose, leaving no gap in SAR helicopter cover for south west England and south Wales. New helicopters offer improved operational capabilities and promise enhanced reliability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2015 13:00:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

388981

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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 information his Department holds on how much has been paid out by (a) Southern Rail and (b) all train operating companies to passengers for late running and cancellation compensation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	6383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds the information as set out in the table attached. Not all operators are required to provide such figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/07/2015 10:41:04 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2015 10:06:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name 006383 - TOC compensation 09_10-14_15 figures.pdf title UIN 6383 - TOC Compensation 09_10-14_15 previous answer version 13907 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name 006383 - TOC compensation 2010-15.pdf title UIN 6383 - TOC Compensation 2010-2015
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

388986

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	6335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given by my Right Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 13 July 2015 (UIN 5893)</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=5983" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=5983</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 08:54:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

388987

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Level Crossings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on Network Rail's East Coast Main Line level crossings closure programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	6464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>After 18 months of work, and following public consultation, I understand that Network Rail has now concluded its East Coast Main Line level crossing closure feasibility study as part of its commitment to delivering a safer, more efficient and reliable railway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The study has informed preferred options for the closure of all 73 level crossings between Kings Cross and Doncaster and Network Rail has indicated its intention to progress these on a case-by-case basis as part of other planned improvement works on this line.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has written to stakeholders explaining the results and its intended next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/07/2015 10:26:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

388988

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraphs 1.298, 1.307 and 2.31 of the Summer Budget 2015, HC 264, what additional money he plans to make available to the New Stations Fund; and what assessment he has made of the cost and scope of works to upgrade the line from Shirebrook Junction to Edwinstowe and Ollerton so that it can carry passenger traffic.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	6468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>We are making up to £20m available for a further round of the New Stations Fund and the proposed new stations at Edwinstowe and Ollerton will be eligible to bid for this funding. The Department has not assessed the cost and scope of works to upgrade the line from Shirebrook Junction as this is a matter for the scheme’s promoters. We will be announcing more details on the New Stations Fund shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/07/2015 10:31:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

388989

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department provided to Transport for the North in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; and what funding he plans to provide to that organisation in each subsequent financial year to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	6467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Transport for the North (TfN) has already received up to £12.5m for development work, £8.5 million of which has been provided by the Department for Transport and up to £4 million of which has been provided from the members of TfN. As the Chancellor announced in the Budget, TfN will receive an additional £10 million of funding in 2015-16 and a further £10 million in each of 2016-17 and 2017-18. Further discussions on funding will be taken in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/07/2015 10:34:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

388990

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates during the last 12 months his Department's Board has met.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	6453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s Board met on 4<sup>th</sup> June 2014, 3<sup>rd</sup> September 2014, 20<sup>th</sup> October 2014, 11<sup>th</sup> March 2015 and 3rd June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2015 10:21:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood