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777678

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tolls: Greater London
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 number of vehicles that will pay the T-Charge in central London each week in the first full year of operating the new emissions surcharge.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	109480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London. Any estimates of the number of vehicles which will have to pay an emissions charge would be a matter for the Mayor to determine.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2017 16:10:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

777903

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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, when he plans to release the outcome of the consultation on the site of the High Speed 2 depot on the eastern leg of its route.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	109650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The consultation on the location for the HS2 Phase 2b Eastern Leg Rolling Stock Depot closed on the 12<sup>th</sup> October 2017. The responses are currently being analysed. Based on the findings, HS2 Ltd will provide advice to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State will make his decision as soon as possible after receiving this advice.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 15:57:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

777905

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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 Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the position and dates of employment by HS2 Ltd are of all former High Speed 2 staff who have received redundancy payments.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	109786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd does not intend to publish details of the individuals that received the payments because they would have a reasonable expectation that their information would remain confidential. Disclosure of this information would be in breach of the first principle of the Data Protection Act 1998. The company accepts that the failure to obtain approval to make the payments was the responsibility of HS2 Ltd not the individuals who received them.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 15:49:40 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

777907

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108497, if his Department will undertake a study into journey times between Leigh and local High Speed 2 stations; and how such times can be reduced.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	109697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, are best placed to develop schemes to improve local connectivity. To that end, the government has provided Greater Manchester with £2,500,000 to develop their HS2 Growth Strategies, which will look at the transport requirements for making the most of HS2. The government will continue to work with Greater Manchester to help deliver these plans.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 16:40:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777910

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who has sat on the (a) Exceptions, (b) People and (c) Management Panel of High Speed 2; and between what dates each such person served on those panels.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	109752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The HS2 Ltd People Panel was constituted in 2014 and its responsibilities were transferred into the Management Panel in 2016. The People Panel was chaired by the HR Director, membership included Chief Executive, Chief Financial Officer, Programme and Strategy Director, Phase Two Managing Director, Railway Operations Managing Director, Technical Director, Phase One Managing Director, Corporate Health and Safety Director and Organisational Effectiveness &amp; Change Director.</p><p> </p><p>The Management Panel was constituted in 2016 and its responsibilities were transferred to other Executive meetings as part of the company’s Governance review in 2017. The Panel was chaired by the Chief Financial Officer, membership included General Counsel &amp; Company Secretary, Corporate Health and Safety Director, HR Director, Organisational Effectiveness &amp; Change Director, Corporate Affairs Director, alongside four other staff members from the CEO office, Phase One, Phase Two and Railway Operations.</p><p> </p><p>The HS2 Ltd Exceptions Panel was chaired by the HR Director, membership included the Technical Director, Corporate Health and Safety Director and senior staff members from Finance, HR and Organisational Effectiveness and Change.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 16:04:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

777030

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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 Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when and by whom his Department was informed that unauthorised redundancy payments of £1.76 million had been paid out by HS2 Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	109374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department was first notified of a potential issue around the HS2 redundancy schemes during the course of the NAO audit. In producing their report, the NAO required access to confidential redundancy data. The full extent of the issue was not identified until their work was completed in July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 15:37:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

777031

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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 Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the job titles were of former HS2 Ltd employees who received unauthorised redundancy payments; and what the amount and date paid was of each such payment.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	109375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd does not intend to publish details of the individuals that received the payments because they would have a reasonable expectation that their information would remain confidential. Disclosure of this information would be in breach of the first principle of the Data Protection Act 1998. The company accepts that the failure to obtain approval to make the payments was the responsibility of HS2 Ltd not the individuals who received them.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 15:41:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

777032

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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 Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements have been made to recover unauthorised redundancy payments made by HS2 Ltd from recipients.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	109376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd have a legal obligation to honour the unauthorised redundancy payments made to individuals who were employed and will be not seeking their recovery.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd will manage these payments within their existing budgets and as such the Department for Transport will not be providing any additional funds to cover these costs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 15:44:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

777033

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of vehicles in the Government car service are ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	109377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Currently 8.33% of the Government Car Service fleet are ultra-low emission vehicles. This consists of six Nissan LEAF electric and one Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell. By way of context, across the whole of the UK around 1.5% of 2017 new car registrations were ultra-low emission vehicles registrations (up to September 2017). In addition, 25% of the fleet are petrol hybrid vehicles.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 30/10/2017 16:06:56 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

777035

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to reduce the number of unnecessary road signs.
tabling member constituency	Bridgwater and West Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
uin	109454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities (and Highways England for the strategic road network) are responsible for the installation and removal of all traffic signs, including temporary ones. It is for them to ensure any temporary signs placed do not stay in place beyond the legal time limit.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing sign clutter was one of the principle aims of the recent revision of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD). This came into force on 22 April 2016, and relaxed many requirements on the use and placing of signs to enable local authorities to place fewer signs.</p><p> </p><p>DfT Circular 01/2016 published alongside TSRGD 2016 includes a section on decluttering, highlighting these changes and making it clear that the Department expects authorities to make use of these to reduce the amount of sign clutter on the roads.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of revising our good practice guidance on sign design and placement, the Traffic Signs Manual, to reflect the changes made in TSRGD. This will emphasise decluttering throughout.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 109452 question first answered 26/10/2017 14:58:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1396 label Biography information for Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger