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971650

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Public Lavatories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made to increase the number of changing places toilets in service stations.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	173574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Inclusive Transport Strategy, published by the Department for Transport in July this year, announced £2milion to fund the construction of new Changing Places toilets at motorway service areas.</p><p> </p><p>A further announcement on how the funding will be allocated will be made shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/09/2018 13:46:23 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

971718

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Fares
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 the amount of fare income that First Great Western derived from first class travel in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	173631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>This information is commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/09/2018 14:45:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

971719

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East West Rail Line: Railway Signals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what signalling system is planned to be used on the East-West rail link.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	173632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The East West Rail programme will be delivered in a phased approach with the Western Section Phase 1 already delivered with conventional signalling and the Western Section Phase 2 to also be delivered with conventional signalling. The Central Section Phase 3 is currently in its definition phase and its signalling system is yet to be confirmed. However, the possibility of using a digital European Train Control System (ETCS) across East West Rail is being explored and could be implemented in the future, across all phases, should it provide significant additional benefits for the programme.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/09/2018 14:48:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

971720

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2018, 20 July 2018 and 10 September 2018 to Questions 161175, 164445 and 167289, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the finding of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership's report, Devolving our railways: learning the lessons from a summer of northern rail chaos, published on 30 July 2018 that the disruption caused by the Northern Rail timetable changes has cost the economy of the north of England £38 million.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	173633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>In line with answers provided to previous similar questions, the government’s focus has been on ensuring that the industry returns to a stable timetable as quickly as possible and that passengers in the most affected areas are compensated for the disruption caused. This approach is delivering for passengers, with the performance of both Govia Thameslink Railway and Northern having improved significantly in recent weeks, andcompensation schemes are now in place for all of the affected operators ensuring the disruption that passengers have experienced is financially recognised. Improving the performance of our railways in the North remains the focus, reflected in the recent appointment of Richard George as the single person to lead rail performance improvement in the North.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/09/2018 14:56:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

971201

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people travelled by bus in (1) 2015, and (2) 2017, in (a) London, (b) the Metropolitan areas, and (3) the shire counties.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL10202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of passenger journeys on local bus services for London, the Metropolitan areas and the shire counties (non-metropolitan areas) from 2014/15 to 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Passenger journeys on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country (in millions)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>English metropolitan areas</p></td><td><p>English non-metropolitan areas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,364</p></td><td><p>976</p></td><td><p>1,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,293</p></td><td><p>949</p></td><td><p>1,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td><td><p>938</p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DfT Local bus passenger journeys (BUS0103)</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/09/2018 13:07:49 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

971202

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the total financial support received by the bus industry from public funds has changed between 2015 and 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL10203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Total net support (at current prices) by central and local government for local bus services in 2015/16 was £2.202 billion. The latest available statistics for 2016/17 show that this figure was £2.207 billion.</p><p> </p><p>This support consists of payments for supported services, Bus Service Operators Grant, and concessionary travel reimbursement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/09/2018 13:08:16 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

971290

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Piccadilly Line: Rolling Stock
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 representatives of Transport for London on the timeframe for the order for new trains for the Piccadilly Line.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	172420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The timeframe for the deep tube upgrade programme is a matter for Transport for London .</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/09/2018 14:41:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

971328

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cumbria
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 news story of 28 June 2018, Rail passengers in the north to start being compensated in early July, what plans he has for compensation to be provided for passengers who are not season ticket holders affected by recent disruptions to train services in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	172497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>All passengers are entitled to and encouraged to apply for Delay Repay compensation from their train operator. Both train operators, Northern and TransPennine Express will also be opening an additional compensation scheme to ensure that people who travelled regularly on the disrupted routes, but without a season ticket, will be eligible for compensation. This was announced at the end of July by Transport for the North, which is leading on the design of the scheme. Further details will be announced shortly by Transport for the North and the train operators.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2018 10:45:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

971329

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operational bus services have been running in Cumbria in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	172498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Bus operators must register their services with a traffic commissioner in the traffic area in which the service operates. The traffic commissioner operates a live system. The number of bus services at a local authority level is only provided for the current point in time. However, data is held for previous years at a regional level.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the data is not held to the level and time period requested, the table below shows the number of live local bus registrations in the North Western Traffic Area as at 31 March of each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Live local bus service registrations in the North Western Traffic Area, as at 31 March, 2008 to 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Live local bus registrations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>4,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>4,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3,353</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Traffic Commissioners' annual reports</em></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are best placed to manage changes in their local bus network. The Bus Services Act 2017 gives them additional powers to do so through partnership working with commercial operators. It also gives Mayoral Combined authorities the automatic right to franchise their bus network and the Department for Transport can also grant these powers to other local authorities who make a satisfactory business case. The Department is also developing regulations to require bus operators and local transport authorities to provide data, in open formats, about local bus services including routes and timetable data; fares and ticket data; and real time information. We are working closely with industry to develop the regulations and it is intended the requirements will be phased in over the next few years.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/09/2018 11:22:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

971344

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of bio-ethanol fuel comes from sources in (a) the UK, (b) the EU and (c) the rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	172422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes regular statistics covering the volume of biofuel reported under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. This data includes feedstock and country of origin at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest full year’s verified data is in report 6 from obligation year 9 (2016/17). It shows that 1,541 million litres of renewable fuel was supplied, of which 49 per cent was bioethanol. This is a total of 758 million litres of bioethanol. Of this total amount, 218 million litres (29 percent) is produced from UK feedstocks, 429 million litres, (57 percent) is produced from feedstocks sourced from elsewhere in the EU, and 111 million litres (15 percent) is produced from feedstocks sourced from the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2018 10:42:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar