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1668349

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date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023; how many permanent civil servants other than those working in agencies worked for his Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The headcount for permanent civil servants working for the core Department for Transport in March 2011 was 1822, in March 2016 it was 2065, and in March 2020 it was 2937.</p><p>The full data sets are published on gov.uk under DfT workforce management information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 17/11/2023 12:15:15 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668416

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a comparative estimate of the cost of the railway industry in (a) England and (b) other European countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publish annual statistics on rail industry finances (including sources of income and expenditure) by country and network rail region:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/finance/rail-industry-finance/table-7216-gb-rail-industry-finances-since-2015-16-by-country-and-nr-region/" target="_blank">Table 7216 – GB Rail Industry Finances since 2015-16 by country And NR Region | ORR Data Portal</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2021-22 total expenditure on the operation of rail services in England was £20.9 billion. This was split by Network Rail expenditure (£9.5 billion) and franchised train operators (£11.4 billion).</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made comparisons with rail costs in other countries. However, some expenditure on rolling stock and railway infrastructure information is collected by Eurostat:</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/rail_ec_expend/default/table?lang=en" target="_blank">Statistics | Eurostat (europa.eu)</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/11/2023 11:47:59 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1668438

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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: Weather
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 operational resilience of the East Coast Main Line to extreme weather events.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Climate change could increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather and Network Rail is planning now in order to provide a safe, reliable network in the future. Network Rail works closely with many governmental and specialist organisations to prepare our railway for the climate changes projected over the next few years, decades and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its work in this area, Network Rail recently launched a taskforce led by independent experts to investigate and make recommendations on how the railway can develop its approach to resilience. East Coast route is working closely with the taskforce to take forward its recommendations to ensure the line is resilient to extreme weather.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 13:49:04 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668445

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Main Line: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 203073 on Railways: Greater Manchester, whether funding for Network North will be allocated to track upgrades on the West Coast Mainline.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>High Speed 2 (HS2) will now be delivered between Euston in central London and the West Midlands as planned, with a branch to Handsacre, near Lichfield, where there is a plan for HS2 services to travel to Liverpool, Manchester and Scotland via the West Coast Main Line (WCML). Following the announcement of Network North, the Department is also working with industry to develop the plan for a train service to maximise the use of the WCML. Network Rail will also consider the implications of Network North for the West Coast Main Line when planning its future operations, maintenance and renewals.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 14:14:27 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1668446

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of (a) land, (b) property and (c) businesses that were purchased as part of HS2 phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b in the period between 20 July 2023 and 4 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Please see response to Answer UIN 860 for the committed expenditure during August and September 2023. It is not practicable to draw a distinction between how much of this spend is on acquisition versus compensation.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 14:41:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1668452

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the range of rail fares available from ticket offices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Train operators are required under the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement to provide certain products at ticket offices they operate, for example Anytime and Off-peak products. It is the responsibility of train operators to determine their own retailing strategy. We would expect train operators to take into consideration a range of factors when determining which fares are available from ticket offices.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 13:40:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1668453

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to train operating companies of the mandates on station reform issued by his Department in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>This was an industry led consultation and no estimate of costs are available.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 13:38:46 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1668460

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Midlands and the North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the £150 million funding for improving bus services in (a) northern England and (b) the midlands (i) is ringfenced and (ii) can be used by local authorities to fund bus routes which were commercially viable before the covid-19 pandemic but are no longer.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The new £1 billion Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding for buses in the North and the Midlands, announced on 4 October, will continue and expand the improvements started by the £1.2 billion for BSIPs announced in 2022 and 2023. The first downpayment of £150 million has been indicatively allocated for 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>The new funding can be used in the same way as existing BSIP funding. LTAs may use the funding to deliver the interventions that they and local operators, where they have an Enhanced Partnership, expect will deliver the best outcomes for passengers. Further details on the terms of funding will follow in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/11/2023 09:54:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1667470

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with his officials on the potential merits of introducing bespoke phase out dates for powered light vehicles following the extension of phase out for vans and cars announced on 20 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles (including mopeds and motorcycles) was open to responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement. The Department is now in the process of analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 3 4 question first answered 15/11/2023 12:30:37 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

1667471

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting a longer transition period for (a) manufacturers and (b) consumers to adapt to the phase out of new non zero emission L-category vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	3
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles (including mopeds and motorcycles) was open to responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement. The Department is now in the process of analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 2 4 question first answered 15/11/2023 12:30:37 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford