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1671235

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusion of the report Getting the measure of transport poverty, published by the Social Market Foundation on 15 November, that investment in public transport is more beneficial to alleviating transport poverty than lowering the cost of driving.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The government has consistently invested in public transport, including through the most recent announcement of £150 million dedicated to levelling up bus services, with areas across the North and Midlands given extra support for services to become more frequent, more reliable, cheaper and easier to use.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 04/12/2023 16:51:26 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1671319

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Wokingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to provide to Wokingham Borough Council for (a) fixing potholes and (b) other road maintenance in the (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	2439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department will provide Wokingham Borough Council with a total of £8.053 million for highways maintenance activities over the two years in question. The funding can be spent on activities including (a) fixing potholes and (b) other road maintenance in the (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25 financial years.</p><p> </p><p>A Written Ministerial Statement has been laid in both Houses, and the Secretary of State has written out to Parliamentary colleagues advising them of the uplift to highways maintenance funding. In addition, officials from my Department will be writing out to all Chief Executives confirming their grant funding allocations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/11/2023 14:24:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1671343

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies
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 address skills shortages (a) among HGV drivers and (b) in the road transport sector.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	2467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government has a multi-pronged approach to tackling this problem. It has invested in skills bootcamps to train up to 11,000 more people to become HGV drivers to help tackle the HGV driver shortage. These are free, short, intensive courses to train drivers to be road ready and gain a Category C or Category C&amp;E licence.</p><p>The Government is also supporting lorry driver training through apprenticeships. The Large Goods Vehicle Driver apprenticeship, which trains drivers to gain their Cat C&amp;E licence, has recently had its funding level increased to £8,000. The Urban Driver apprenticeship which trains drivers to Cat C standard is also available with up to £5,000 of funding.</p><p>The Department for Transport has also supported the non-profit initiative Road to Logistics to train military service leavers, ex-offenders and the long term unemployed to move into jobs in the logistics sector, including lorry driving.</p><p>These measures are working with industry reporting that the acute driver shortage has eased. We continue to work with the sector to monitor the availability of drivers and tackle the issues affecting both the recruitment and retention of HGV drivers.</p><p>Following the actions raised during the driver shortages (buses and coaches) summit held in November 2022, the Department plans to consult on removing the regulatory 50km restriction on 18- to 20-year-old bus and coach drivers driving a regular service, and allowing prospective drivers to undertake the theory and off-road manoeuvre tests prior to being granted a provisional bus license. Since the summit, figures from the Confederation of Passenger Transport show that the vacancy rate for bus drivers in Great Britain fell from a high of 9.3% in September 2022 to 6.5% in May 2023.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/11/2023 10:08:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1671408

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for bus services in real terms in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	2631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has provided a total of £3.47 billion (£2.8 billion in real terms (2010/11 prices)) for bus services between 2018/19 to 2022/23. This includes the Bus Service Operators Grant, Covid-19 Bus Service Support Grant, Bus Recovery Grant, Commonwealth Games funding, £2 Bus Fare Cap, and Bus Service Improvement Plan funding.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of this by year is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2018/19 - £244 million (£215 million in 2010/11 prices)</p><p>2019/20 - £249 million (£214 million in 2010/11 prices)</p><p>2020/21 - £1.2 billion (£974 million in 2010/11 prices)</p><p>2021/22 - £899 million (£729 million in 2010/11 prices)</p><p>2022/23 - £873 million (£671 million in 2010/11 prices)</p><p>In addition, on 4 October, as part of Network North, we announced a further £1 billion from redirected HS2 funding to level up bus services in the North and Midlands via BSIP, making them more frequent, more reliable, cheaper, and easier to use. We are also extending the £2 bus fare cap until the end of 2024, meaning we are investing nearly £600 million in total to cap bus fares across England since the scheme was launched. On top of this, we have announced that a new uplift of 60% will be added to Community Transport Operators’ (CTOs) Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) claims until 31 March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/11/2023 14:22:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1671519

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts his Department agreed with (a) Angel Trains, (b) Porterbrook and (c) Eversholt Rail for the leasing of rolling stock as part of the National Rail Contracts agreed with (i) Avanti West Coast and (ii) Cross Country announced on 19 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department provided consent to Avanti West Coast to enter into leasing arrangements with Angel Trains Limited for the Class 390 units, and to Cross Country for the leasing of Class 170 from Porterbrook.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:49:53 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671520

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department provided for the Class 769 train development programme in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>No Government funding was provided. Porterbrook funded development of the Class 769 units, currently in use on Northern and previously in use on Great Western. Both operators entered into leasing arrangements with Porterbrook for these units.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:48:41 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671521

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Debts
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 level of debt held by Network Rail as of 20 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail discloses its net debt position annually as part of the overall company results and detailed financial reporting in its annual report and accounts. As reported in the Network Rail annual report and accounts for the financial year 22/23, Network Rail’s net debt was £59,058m.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:47:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671522

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Innovation and Research
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 that was spent by Network Rail on (a) research and development and (b) rail innovation in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail has a dedicated research and development portfolio, to improve infrastructure efficiency and performance. In Control Period 6 (2018/19 to 2023/24), this was allocated £245m in funding.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail was also allocated a Performance Innovation Fund of £40m to support the testing and implementation of industry proposals to improve train punctuality over this Control Period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:51:19 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671523

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on rail enhancements in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Rail enhancements are delivered through the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline, which has spent the following in each year in CP6 (including contributions to 3<sup>rd</sup> party schemes), from 2019 (figures shown in £m, nominal):</p><p>2019/20: £1,475m</p><p>2020/21: £1,477m</p><p>2021/22: £1,685m</p><p>2022/23: £1,840m</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:40:25 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671524

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral answer of 14 September 2023 by the Leader of the House, Official Report column 1023, whether he has made an assessment of the cost to the economy in London of a majority of roads having a speed limit of 20mph.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	2694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not made an assessment of the impact of the cost to the economy of 20mph speed limits in London.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/11/2023 10:05:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena