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date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Track: Iron and Steel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports that British Steel provides 97 per cent of the steel for railway tracks, what are the implications for Network Rail if British Steel ceases to trade.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL15953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail’s priority is ensuring passengers have a safe, reliable railway while delivering value for money for taxpayers. They are responsible for maintaining contingency plans to deal with a wide range of situations that could impact the effective operation of the railway.</p><p>The Department has been working closely with Network Rail for a number of weeks to understand the impacts on them. Network Rail has strong plans in place to make sure that they are able to carry out all critical work on the railway.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 05/06/2019 13:23:08 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1128141

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Colne-Skipton Railway Line
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 Vere of Norbiton on 23 May (HL15714), why they did not answer the final part of the question about who is carrying out further studies into the possible reinstatement and reopening of the Colne–Skipton railway line; whether they will now provide that answer; why the Written Answer mentioned Andrew Stephenson MP; and what is his role in the studies referred to.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL15955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has asked the CH2MC consortium comprising Jacobs, CPC, GHD, Poise and Gardiner &amp; Theobald to provide technical advice and assurance on further feasibility work to assess the freight demand and commercial viability of this scheme. This advisory support was sourced from the current Specialist Technical and Commercial Advice for Rail (STAR) Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The response to HL15714 simply reflects the fact that the Member for Pendle, Andrew Stephenson MP, has made strong representations to Ministers about the proposal to reinstate the Colne-Skipton rail link. In response the Secretary of State for Transport has visited Colne twice in the last 16 months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 05/06/2019 13:22:30 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1128486

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many official visits (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department made to (i) Barnsley and (ii) South Yorkshire in each year since their respective appointments.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	257801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and the current Ministerial team have visited South Yorkshire in the following years since their respective appointments:</p><p>2016 – 1</p><p>2017 – 1</p><p>2018 – 0</p><p>2019 - 2</p><p>Previous Departmental Ministers have also visited South Yorkshire since 2016 and Ministers have met with MPs and officials from South Yorkshire in London during this time.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/06/2019 12:03:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1128536

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
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 the (a) start and (b) end dates are for his Department's investment programmes for transport in the north by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	257710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government funds a wide range of transport investment in the North. The start and end dates of the main transport programmes which will benefit the North by 2020 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Roads Investment Fund</p></td><td><p>2015/16 to 2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail investment in Control Period 5</p></td><td><p>2014/15 to 2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail investment in Control Period 6</p></td><td><p>2019/20 to 2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Large Local Majors Funding</p></td><td><p>2015/16 to 2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transforming Cities Fund</p></td><td><p>2018/19 to 2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Mobility Zones</p></td><td><p>2018/19 to 2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Growth Funding</p></td><td><p>2015/16 to 2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integrated Transport Block</p></td><td><p>2015/16 to 2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highways Maintenance Fund</p></td><td><p>2015/16 to 2020/21</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/06/2019 12:33:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson