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1064304

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has provided to car insurance companies on the potential for a fee to be charged in respect of driving from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	223779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>There has been no such engagement with car insurance companies; my Department is not aware of any plans for a fee to be charged by car insurance companies in respect of driving from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland, which is a commercial matter for those companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 28/02/2019 16:09:01 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1064313

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of promoting regional economic growth through the supply chain of large infrastructure projects.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	223794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Transport Investment Strategy, rebalancing is a key priority for the Department, and the Government is investing to ensure that its benefits are realised across the country.</p><p>The Department's Rebalancing Toolkit is designed to help authors of Strategic Cases assess how a programme or project fits with the objective of spreading growth across the country. In addition, the Procuring for Growth Balanced Scorecard, which is designed to help ensure that major government procurements have a positive impact on economic growth, forms part of the development of the Commercial Cases for our major projects.</p><p>The Department's major projects also hold extensive supplier engagement programmes and these are often regionally based. For example, HS2 Ltd has engaged with over 5,000 businesses, from every corner of the UK, to promote HS2 supply chain opportunities. They have supported or hosted well over 100 events in the past three years alone, including a roadshow of events in 11 UK cities, including in Belfast.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/02/2019 11:39:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1064324

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to comply with the Ballast Water Management Convention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK has begun the process to develop legislation to implement the requirements of the Ballast Water Management Convention and is currently collating the data and information required in order to complete the legislative process. The UK has not yet acceded to the Convention but expects to introduce legislation and accede to the Convention in Autumn 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 27/02/2019 17:03:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064326

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to raise awareness of the mechanisms by which disabled people can report discrimination in the event of being refused access to a taxi or private hire vehicle.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	223800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>It is illegal for taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers to refuse the carriage of passengers with assistance dogs, and I am clear that they must comply with the law.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for investigating allegations of discriminatory behaviour and, where appropriate, prosecuting drivers, rests with the respective local licensing authorities, and each will have its own procedure for the reporting of incidents.</p><p> </p><p>We are however committed to understanding refusal incidents more clearly, and will shortly begin research on the reasons why they occur and what further steps might be taken to eradicate them.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/02/2019 14:12:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1064327

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to encourage licensing authorities to provide mandatory disability equality training on the rights and needs of disabled passengers for taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	223801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>I know that disability awareness training can provide taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to give disabled passengers the assistance they need, and am clear that licensing authorities should use their existing powers to require drivers to complete it.</p><p> </p><p>On 12<sup>th</sup> February the Government published its response to the report of the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and PHV Licensing, indicating its intention to introduce mandatory disability awareness training as part of National Minimum Standards when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/02/2019 14:06:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1064331

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much HS2 Ltd spent on agency staff between 1 January 2018 and 30th June 2018; and how many agency staff were hired each such agency; and which agencies those agency staff were hired from.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	223805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The HS2 overall funding envelope is £55.7bn and we report annually via HS2 Ltd’s annual reporting account on overall spending.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/02/2019 12:05:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1064333

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will publish the spending over £25,000 from July 2018 to December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	223807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to the Government’s transparency agenda to make Government more open, and to strengthen public accountability by reporting on transactions that are over £25,000.</p><p>The data for financial transactions over £25,000 for July 2018 was published on 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019. The transactional data from August 2018 to January 2019 was published on 28 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/02/2019 16:31:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1064341

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the number of complaints that have been made under the HS2 complaints procedure since it was established with an outline of each complaint.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	223815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd publish a community engagement progress report on a six monthly basis. This report includes data on the number of enquiries and complaints received by HS2 Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>The first report covering the period January to June 2018 was published in Autumn 2018. This is available at <a href="https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/community-engagement-progress-report-january-to-june-2018/" target="_blank">https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/community-engagement-progress-report-january-to-june-2018/</a>.</p><p>During the period January to June 2018 165 complaints were received by HS2 Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>The next report covering the period July to December 2018 will be published in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/02/2019 11:18:58 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1064381

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Legal Costs
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 2 September 2016 to Question 44231 on High Speed Two: Legal Costs, how much has been disbursed from the public purse in legal fees for solicitors, parliamentary agents, barristers and their staff working on behalf of HS2 Ltd since that date.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	223906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The HS2 overall funding envelope is £55.7bn and we report annually via HS2 Ltd’s annual report and accounts on overall spending.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/02/2019 16:43:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1064382

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2015 to Question 16832 on High Speed 2 Railway Line, which legal advisers and barristers have been used by (a) HS2 Ltd and (b) his Department in relation to High Speed Two since 23 November 2015; and how much each such legal professional (i) has been paid and (ii) is owed.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	223907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The HS2 overall funding envelope is £55.7bn and we report annually via HS2 Ltd’s annual report and accounts on overall spending.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/02/2019 16:46:04 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan