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1078282

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what options they are considering for the future provision of rail freight across the Pennines including (1) from, and to, the port of Liverpool to, and from, destinations in Yorkshire and beyond and (2) power station fuel and container traffic to continental gauge standards; and what alternatives they are considering to the proposed new freight link via a reinstated Colne-Skipton line.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL14054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>We are considering a range of options, as is standard practice, for how best to enhance the current capability and capacity for cross Pennine bulk and intermodal W10/W12 gauge rail freight between a range of origins and destinations, including a new link via Colne-Skipton and upgrades to other existing routes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/03/2019 14:55:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1077060

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 11 February (HL13163), what was the cost of the feasibility study into the creation of a new trans-Pennine freight railway line including the reinstatement of the Colne-Skipton line, that was announced by Chris Grayling on 3 February 2018; what is the estimated cost of the further work that is “still in progress” in order to “assess further the freight demand and commercial viability of the scheme”; and whether they will publish the terms of reference for this further work
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL13980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>As part of the normal course of business, feasibility studies will be carried out into various potential rail upgrade projects. The total cost of the studies carried out by Network Rail and the Department’s consultants (Steer) to assess the feasibility, costs and benefits for reinstating the Skipton-Colne line for passengers and freight, a project championed by Andrew Stephenson MP, the Hon Member for Pendle, as part of a new Trans-Pennine rail route was £210,360.</p><p> </p><p>Further feasibility work to confirm whether this scheme can be made affordable, will attract sufficient traffic, and is part of the right long-term solution for trans-Pennine rail traffic will be commissioned by the Department for Transport working closely with Transport for the North. It will be funded from the Department’s existing resources. The scope and cost is yet to be determined.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/03/2019 14:33:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1077061

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the further work on reinstating the Colne-Skipton rail link as part of a new freight railway route between Liverpool and Yorkshire, to assess the freight demand and commercial viability of the scheme, will be undertaken by and on behalf of the Department for Transport or Transport for the North; if so (1) who is carrying out the work and whether such work has started; (2) what is the target date for its completion; and (3) what the relationship is of this work to that being carried out by Transport for the North on cross-Pennine communications in the central trans-Pennine corridor.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL13981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Further work to assess the freight demand and commercial viability of reinstating the Colne-Skipton link, a project championed by Andrew Stephenson MP, the Hon Member for Pendle, will be undertaken for the Department for Transport (DfT), who will work closely with Transport for the North (TfN). No decisions have been made yet on the scope and timescale of this work.</p><p> </p><p>TfN’s work on the Central Pennines Strategic Development Corridor is providing a strategic programme case for multimodal investment in this corridor. It has informed TfN’s recently published Investment Programme, which includes reinstatement of the Skipton-Colne link as a scheme. The planned DfT-led work therefore takes forward further assessment of this element of TfN’s Investment Programme.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/03/2019 14:35:29 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1063628

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of delay repay for (a) Northern and (b) First Transpennine Express rail services.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	222614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>DfT published research in October 2018 on the effectiveness of the rail passenger compensation regimes: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-delays-and-compensation-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-delays-and-compensation-2018</a>. The operators provide the Department with Delay Repay figures annually which we publish here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Northern introduced Delay Repay from 15 minutes (DR15) in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2019 16:11:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1054609

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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 plans his Department has for the electrification of the Transpennine express line.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	216265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>We are working with Network Rail and Transport for the North to determine the best way to achieve major improvements for passengers on the Transpennine Route and will make an announcement on the details of the first phase of work shortly.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/02/2019 15:56:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1049576

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the feasibility study produced by Steer on (1) the reinstatement of the Colne–Skipton railway line, and (2) other work needed to link the Liverpool Docks to the Yorkshire Coast and Drax.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL13163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Feasibility work is still in progress. We are now pressing on with further work to make sure that the proposed scheme can be made affordable, will attract sufficient traffic, and is part of the right long-term solution for all Trans-Pennine rail traffic. We will publish when these important issues have been explored and we understand the full picture.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 11/02/2019 12:04:35 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1049577

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the scheme for a new freight railway route between Liverpool and Yorkshire, including the reinstatement of the railway between Colne and Skipton, has completed Stage 1 of the Rail Networks Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) and is now in Stage 2; and if not, how the work announced by the Secretary of State for Transport on 25 January relates to the RNEP.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL13164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The study into reinstating the Skipton-Colne rail line as part of a new freight railway route between Liverpool and Yorkshire was only the first step in establishing the feasibility of the project. We are now working to assess further the freight demand and commercial viability of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme remains a candidate for subsequent progression to the next ‘<em>develop</em>’ stage of the Rail Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) provided the business case is made.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 11/02/2019 14:01:44 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves