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1140088

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date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure the provision of new rolling stock on the east coast main line.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	912039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>LNER’s new Azuma trains entered service on their Hull and Leeds routes in May this year are due to launch on Edinburgh services from 1st August and will then be serving destinations North of Edinburgh by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>These state-of-the-art trains, delivered as part of the government-funded Intercity Express Programme, have more seats, better legroom and will be more reliable.</p><p> </p><p>The full fleet of 65 trains compared to 45 old trains will be in service from 2020 enabling additional services to be run increasing capacity further.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/07/2019 15:59:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1140089

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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: Hybrid Bills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on introducing a hybrid Bill to secure the powers to deliver phase 2b of High Speed Two; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	912041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government began engaging on the design of HS2 Phase 2b with local communities along the route, via the publication of the Working Draft Environmental Statement.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2019, we published a Design Refinement Consultation which announced eleven possible changes to the Phase 2b route. These consultations represent significant milestones in preparing the HS2 Phase 2b hybrid Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/07/2019 16:12:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1140090

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will allocate additional funding to improve roads outside the major road network and the strategic road network.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	912043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to providing over £6.7 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, from 2015 to 2021 to help improve the condition of roads and reduce congestion. The funding includes a £296 million Pothole Action Fund and £420 million for highways maintenance and a congestion busting fund as announced in Budget 2018.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/07/2019 16:03:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1140091

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A27: East Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress has been made on the proposed dualling of the A27 east of Lewes to Eastbourne.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	912044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department is considering this proposal alongside the many others put forward for possible inclusion in the second Road Investment Strategy. We intend to announce our decisions towards the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/07/2019 16:10:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1140092

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on helping to ensure that flights between the UK and Europe continue after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	912045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK and EU have both put in place measures to ensure that flights can continue in any EU Exit scenario. In a no deal scenario, the EU’s adopted Regulation on connectivity gives UK airlines the right to fly to and from the EU from the day of exit until March 2020, allowing time to progress longer-term arrangements. The UK has stated we will reciprocate these rights for EU airlines. Both sides are committed to maintaining connectivity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 18/07/2019 15:47:14 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1140093

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on helping to ensure that flights between the UK and Europe continue after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	912046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK and EU have both put in place measures to ensure that flights can continue in any EU Exit scenario. In a no deal scenario, the EU’s adopted Regulation on connectivity gives UK airlines the right to fly to and from the EU from the day of exit until March 2020, allowing time to progress longer-term arrangements. The UK has stated we will reciprocate these rights for EU airlines. Both sides are committed to maintaining connectivity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 18/07/2019 15:48:19 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1140094

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on opening new stations on the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	912048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, some 42 new stations have been opened across the rail network.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government supports proposals for new stations that help provide a solution to local traffic congestion or fulfill a new opportunity such as a housing development, business/retail park or airport.</p><p> </p><p>Good progress is made on proposals that provide a robust business case, a sponsor and funding.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/07/2019 15:57:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1140207

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for Wales Rail Services: Bristol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department will not allow additional Transport for Wales train services to serve Bristol Temple Meads station.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	278936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Capacity on the rail network in the Bristol area is currently restricted. The Agency Agreement signed by the Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers sets out the limitations that needed to be considered by bidders for the current Wales &amp; Borders franchise when they were developing their proposals in respect of English services. That restriction was put in place because capacity is limited in the Bristol area and, as well as additional services from Wales, local authorities in the Bristol area have been planning to upgrade Bristol local services for many years.</p><p> </p><p>Upgrade works for the Bristol area network are currently being developed through the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline process. Until these upgrade works are completed, it is not possible to allow bids for unplanned additional train services.</p><p> </p><p>Given this background, bidders for the Wales &amp; Borders franchise were advised not to propose English services on the route prior to completion of those works. That restriction continues in the new Wales &amp; Borders franchise which started last October.</p><p> </p><p>The new franchise operator (Transport for Wales Rail Services) will have the ability to bid for paths to Bristol during the life of the new 15-year franchise once any relevant infrastructure works are completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/07/2019 11:12:47 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1139711

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the UK has plans to be a signatory to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	278447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a strong supporter of action to improve the international standards for ship recycling.</p><p> </p><p>The Hong Kong Convention is not expected to enter into force internationally in the near term, so the UK alongside other states, has implemented a Europe wide regime that seeks to immediately improve standards in ship recycling.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 – which will be retained in UK law after we leave the EU – entered into force on 1 January 2019. It establishes a list of acceptable yards for ship recycling, and creates controls on ships flagged to, or calling at, the UK that are intended for recycling.</p><p> </p><p>The deadline for States to become a signatory to the Hong Kong Convention passed in August 2010. The Government’s current focus is on the effective implementation of the European Ship Recycling regime, but we will shortly turn to the implementation of the Convention, with a target of ratification in the next five years as set out in our strategy, ‘Maritime 2050: navigating the future’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/07/2019 15:15:23 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1139763

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
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 15 July 2019 to Question 274560, what the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is; what the locations are of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with; and which test centres those closed test centres have merged with.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	278524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>Average population for a local authority</p></td><td><p>Tests generated by candidates</p></td><td><p>Road distance from test facility</p></td><td><p>Attainment based on road distance and estimated capacity of test centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 1</p></td><td><p>1,250 or more people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>783,276</p></td><td><p>7 miles</p></td><td><p>84.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 2</p></td><td><p>Between 100 and 1,249 people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>610,410</p></td><td><p>20 miles</p></td><td><p>97.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 3</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 100 people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>86,709</p></td><td><p>30 miles</p></td><td><p>98.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The distance between the closed test centre and the merged test centre, in all 19 cases, met the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, and the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with</p></td><td><p>The test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bredbury</p></td><td><p>Bredbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyde</p></td><td><p>Hyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td><td><p>Redditch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>Bradford (Heaton)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chadderton (2)</p></td><td><p>Chadderton (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Glasgow (Anniesland)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheetham Hill</p></td><td><p>Cheetham Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morden</p></td><td><p>Morden (London)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancing</p></td><td><p>Lancing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking</p></td><td><p>Barking (Tanner Street)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avonmouth</p></td><td><p>Avonmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge (2)</p></td><td><p>Cambridge (Brookmount Court) (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llantrisant</p></td><td><p>Llantrisant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitcham</p></td><td><p>Mitcham (London)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Skye</p></td><td><p>Isle of Skye (Portree)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingstanding</p></td><td><p>Kingstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>Featherstone</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 14:02:42 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman