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1141675

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions there was significant disruption to East Coast Main Line services as a result of damage to overhead wires in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	281756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In the 12 month period up to 20 July 2019 there were 17 occasions on which damage to the overhead wires on the East Coast Main Line caused more than 500 minutes of delay; 8 of these incidents caused more than 1,000 minutes of delay.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:26:27 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1141678

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has held with Network Rail on future priorities for investment in the East Coast Main Line for Control Period 7 (CP7) 2024–2029.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	281757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has announced Control Period 6 investment of up to £780m in the East Coast Main Line (ECML), which demonstrates Government’s commitment to the ECML. The Department is working with stakeholders, including Transport for the North, to identify and assess further potential enhancements for the East Coast Main Line. We will take staged decisions to progress further enhancements through the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline process.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:30:03 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1141681

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what enhancement projects on the East Coast Main Line have been identified to progress through the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline process.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	281758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to transparent policy making and intends to make clear public statements as we take investment decisions on enhancements.</p><p>In due course we will be publishing details of schemes which have received a strategic outline business case. Additionally, Network Rail will continue to provide updates on the progress of enhancements, through the quarterly publication of its <em>Enhancements Delivery Plan</em>. This can be found at <a href="https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CP6-Enhancements-Delivery-Plan_June-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CP6-Enhancements-Delivery-Plan_June-2019.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:49:39 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1141788

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much per capita funding has been allocated from the public purse to cycling in each local authority in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	281656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department estimates that over the three years from 2016/17 to 2018/19, a total of around £1.2 billion of funding has been invested in cycling and walking projects in England outside London. This equates to approximately £8.50 per capita per annum, but the amount varies considerably between individual local authorities. The Department will be publishing detailed information on the funding that has been provided from the public purse, including estimates of funding allocations to individual authorities, alongside its report to Parliament later this year on the delivery of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for cycling and walking comes from a wide variety of ring-fenced and non-ringfenced sources making it difficult to summarise the information concisely for each local authority. Ring-fenced funds that were available to some or all local authorities over the three years in question include the Bikeability programme, the Access Fund, the Cycle Ambition Cities fund, the Cycle Safety Fund, Cycle Rail grants, and Highways England Designated Funds. Non-ringfenced funds that were available to some or all local authorities over the same period, and of which of a proportion was used to support cycling and walking, include the Local Growth Fund, the Integrated Transport Block, the Highways Maintenance Fund, the National Air Quality Plan, the National Productivity Investment Fund, the Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund, and other cross-Government infrastructure funds, including the Transforming Cities Fund and Housing Infrastructure Fund.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:31:03 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1141799

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff HS2 Limited made redundant in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	281612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Between 1 April 2015 to end of August 2019, HS2 Ltd have made a number of organisational changes (including the relocation of HS2 Ltd’s head office to Birmingham). These changes have resulted in a total 115 redundancies – details of which are published in each years’ Annual Report and Accounts. The details of how many people and the costs by financial year are published in HS2 Ltd’s annual report and accounts.</p><p>Of the 115 made redundant no one from HS2 Ltd has entered into a Non-Disclosure agreement. However, 31 of these individuals have entered into Settlement Agreements which contain mutual confidentiality obligations to protect individuals’ personal information such as what monies are owed. These obligations do not apply where information is required to be disclosed by law or where a protected disclosure is made by the employee under whistleblowing legislation. It should be noted that no one made redundant from HS2 Ltd has raised any such protected disclosure.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 281613 question first answered 03/09/2019 11:59:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1141801

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff made redundant by HS2 Limited in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019 had non-disclosure requirements included in their redundancy settlements.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	281613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Between 1 April 2015 to end of August 2019, HS2 Ltd have made a number of organisational changes (including the relocation of HS2 Ltd’s head office to Birmingham). These changes have resulted in a total 115 redundancies – details of which are published in each years’ Annual Report and Accounts. The details of how many people and the costs by financial year are published in HS2 Ltd’s annual report and accounts.</p><p>Of the 115 made redundant no one from HS2 Ltd has entered into a Non-Disclosure agreement. However, 31 of these individuals have entered into Settlement Agreements which contain mutual confidentiality obligations to protect individuals’ personal information such as what monies are owed. These obligations do not apply where information is required to be disclosed by law or where a protected disclosure is made by the employee under whistleblowing legislation. It should be noted that no one made redundant from HS2 Ltd has raised any such protected disclosure.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 281612 question first answered 03/09/2019 11:59:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1141802

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many section 16 orders were issued by HS2 Ltd in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	281614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department is unaware of section 16 orders in relation to HS2.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 281615 question first answered 03/09/2019 16:44:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1141803

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been of the use of section 16 by HS2 Ltd in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	281615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department is unaware of section 16 orders in relation to HS2.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 281614 question first answered 03/09/2019 16:44:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1141881

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government supports the reinstatement of the rail link between Skipton and Colne.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	281717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Local stakeholders have championed the reinstatement of the Colne-Skipton railway line and work is currently progressing to assess the proposed scheme and determine if it can be made affordable, will attract sufficient traffic, and is part of the right long-term solution for trans-Pennine rail traffic.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to receive the results later this year to inform a decision as to whether the scheme should progress to the ‘develop’ stage of the Government’s Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline. This is part of our new approach to rail enhancements to ensure we address the needs of passengers and freight, and that funding commitments appropriately reflect the stage of development of schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 11:42:18 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1141885

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for the North: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to allocate additional funding to Transport for the North to implement the One North Strategic Transport Plan ahead of schedule.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	281719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the launch of the Strategic Transport Plan and we are engaging with TfN as they seek to sequence and prioritise the projects contained within it.</p><p> </p><p>We are already investing over £13bn in improving transport in the North – more than any Government in history. The current spending review period will end in 2020/21. Longer-term investment and funding decisions will be taken in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:22:06 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones