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1205106

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the condition on the additional funding to TfL that Government officials will attend TfL board meetings, whether Government officials will attend the board meetings of each train operator with a franchise agreement with his Department and report back on the use of additional resources provided to them in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	61416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not appointed an external advisor to train operator boards and has no immediate plans to do so. The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) give the Department enhanced controls over financial decisions made by train operators. This includes a formal process of monthly budget reviews, allowing additional financial scrutiny of operators, with the ability for the Department to deem expenditure disallowable, in which case the train operator would have to bear the costs<em>. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>The funding and financing package for TfL amounts to £1.6 billion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/06/2020 13:02:07 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1205249

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with representatives from the UK Chamber of Shipping’s Ferry Recovery Group on P&O Ferries’ plans for redundancies of full time seafarers in (a) Hull and (b) Dover.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	61471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Chamber of Shipping’s Ferry Recovery Group is an industry forum and does not have government participation. I and Senior Officials have had individual and group calls with a number of ferry operators and have regular dialogue with the UK Chamber of Shipping where views from the Ferry Recovery Group can be conveyed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/06/2020 13:05:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1205280

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to (a) promote national cycling safety campaigns and (b) issue guidance to local authorities on cycling safety in response to the increase in cycling due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	61635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>On the 9<sup>th</sup> May the Government announced a £2 billion package of funding for cycling and walking over the next five years. The Government will say more in the summer about its plans to boost cycling and improve cycle safety.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has issued new statutory guidance to local authorities encouraging them to take measures to reallocate road space to people walking and cycling. It has also introduced a £225 million Emergency Active Travel Fund, available to local authorities this financial year for immediate measures to improve cycle safety including new cycle lanes.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/06/2020 10:59:01 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1204706

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Civil Aviation Authority on enforcement action to ensure that airlines comply with their obligations to passengers when issuing refunds for cancelled flights.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	60764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>My department works closely with the Civil Aviation Authority and it has regular discussions with them about the range of issues that have arisen from the COVID-19 crisis – including issues relating to enforcement action in respect of refund payments.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the need to take a balanced and proportionate approach to enforcement during this crisis, recognising the challenges businesses are facing, but have been clear that where the consumer asks for a cash refund then this must be paid. We have also been clear of the need to review this situation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/06/2020 12:34:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1204800

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has required train operators with franchise agreements with his Department to provide (a) weekly and (b) periodic management accounts showing financial performance in light of the additional resources provided to train operators by the Government in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	60669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) continue existing Franchise Agreement obligations to require train operators to provide periodic management accounts to the Department. An equivalent obligation also applies to the two operators that are in direct public ownership. The management accounts include a periodic profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statement.</p><p> </p><p>The EMAs have also introduced a formal process of periodic budget reviews to enable additional financial scrutiny of operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/06/2020 12:59:00 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1204801

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to undertake a review of the future financial (a) position and (b) structure of each train operating company that holds a franchise agreement with his Department.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	60670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department is reviewing its approach to the contractual arrangements following the period in which the Emergency Measures Agreements apply. Work is underway to determine the most effective approach once this period ends. This work will take account of the impact of COVID-19 on demand for passenger rail travel in both the short and long term, and the associated economic and financial impacts on the railway.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department continues to monitor the financial position of all train operators to ensure to continuity of passenger services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/06/2020 10:01:33 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1204807

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether each train company with a franchise agreement has been asked by his Department to provide information on its (a) balance sheet and (b) financing structure and policy.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	60674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) continue existing Franchise Agreement obligations to require train operators to provide periodic management accounts to the Department. An equivalent obligation also applies to the two operators that are in direct public ownership. The management accounts include a periodic profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/06/2020 12:56:31 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1204811

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
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 train companies that received additional Government funding during 2020-21 paying dividends to shareholders.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	60677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) place a number of new restrictions on operator’s financial transactions in recognition of the risk that the government bears while they are in place. This includes restrictions on the payment of dividends to shareholders during the EMA term.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/06/2020 09:58:10 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1204941

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Exhaust Emissions
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 jobs that could be created in (a) research and development, (b) manufacturing and (c) other sectors as a result of Government investment in low emission forms of public transport.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	60705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of jobs in research and development, manufacturing and other sectors that could be created across all forms of low emission public transport as a result of Government investment. However, we recognize that transport has a key role to play in the economy reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions and we are developing an ambitious plan to accelerate the de-carbonisation of transport.</p><p> </p><p>In February, the Government announced plans for investment in 4,000 zero emission buses, as part of a £5 billion funding package for buses and cycling. This investment supports the Government's decarbonisation plans and the bus sector and will help to stimulate a green economic recovery from COVID-19. There are a number of UK-based bus manufacturing companies well-placed to benefit from this investment. The recent £48m Ultra Low Emission Bus competition allocated 88% of funding to UK companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has also designed and funded a series of R&amp;D competitions with Innovate UK, focusing on demonstrating low and zero emission road transport technology, strengthening UK industrial and supply chain capability. These projects include public transport applications. For example, OLEV has funded a project to develop a new, highly efficient, zero emission bus with lower total cost of ownership and maximisation of passenger numbers.</p><p> </p><p>For rail transport, the use of electrification and new technologies to decarbonise the railway will create long-term employment opportunities, and previous electrification projects have supported hundreds of UK jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/06/2020 11:28:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1204942

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people employed by (a) public rail, (b) tram, (c) bus and (d) ferry operators.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	60706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Based the ONS’s Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), in 2018, there were 52 thousand people employed in interurban rail passenger transport. There were 19 thousand people employed in urban and suburban rail passenger transport (including underground and metro). There were 113 thousand people employed in other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger transport (excluding taxi operators). There were 7 thousand people employed in sea and coastal water transport.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/06/2020 15:21:47 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy