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registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Egypt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government last reviewed the security situation at Sharm El Sheikh airport; and what the outcome of that review was.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	286805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport undertakes aviation security assessments at overseas airports. UK aviation security experts are working closely with their Egyptian counterparts on the ground. It is long standing government policy not to comment on security matters, however I can confirm that we continue to work in partnership with the Egyptian authorities and are grateful for their close engagement and support.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to achieving the return of flights to Sharm el-Sheikh when the situation allows.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/09/2019 14:48:44 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

891261

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on Government support for local authorities to maintain local roads.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	905039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport meets regularly with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to discuss a wide range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is allocating over £6 billion in capital funding to support local highway authorities in England, outside London, to maintain the roads for which they are responsible. This includes a £296 million pothole action fund in order to repair potholes and to stop them forming.</p><p> </p><p>The funding is not ring-fenced and it is entirely for each authority to determine how their funding allocation is utilised based on their needs and priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/04/2018 11:25:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

777906

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	British Transport Police: Airwave Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether rail operators will contribute to the airwave replacement programme for British Transport Police.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	109696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>We expect the costs of the Airwave replacement programme for the British Transport Police to be reflected in the policing charges levied on the rail operators by the British Transport Police Authority. The position will be kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 31/10/2017 14:15:53 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

751461

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional expenditure the British Transport Police has incurred on counter terrorism in (a) 2017-18 to date and (b) 2016-17; and what additional funding his Department provided to that organisation for counter-terror operations in those periods.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The British Transport Police’s counter terrorism capability, forms an integral part of its policing of the railways, and is therefore not readily distinguishable within the overall costs of policing. The funding required to deliver it is met by the rail industry, and is regularly reviewed to ensure that it continues to provide a safe rail network for its staff and the travelling public. The Department has not provided any direct funding to the BTP during the current or the last financial year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2017 16:25:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

751462

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
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 change the number of British Transport Police control centres.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for the Chief Constable. We have been informed by the British Transport Police (BTP) that there are no current plans to change the number of BTP control centres.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2017 16:28:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

750873

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department’s target is for efficiency savings by British Transport Police; and how he intends to allocate proceeds from that efficiency programme.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The British Transport Police Authority identified savings of over 8% to be made during the period of the Spending Review from the British Transport Police’s core budgets. Any efficiency savings can potentially be reinvested into counter terrorist activities, depending on the need identified by the Chief Constable, and subject to the approval of the British Transport Police Authority.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2017 13:28:30 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

750874

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
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 cost of the airway replacement programme for the British Transport Police; and what additional funding his Department will provide to the British Transport Police to complete that programme.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The current estimated total life cycle costs up to 2026/27 for the implementation and transition to the new Emergency Service Network, which will replace Airwave, is currently £78.6m. Many of the costs have been estimated on the basis of information supplied by the Home Office programme that is delivering the Emergency Services Network. The costs of implementing the Airwave replacement programme are a cost of policing the railway, to be met from the policing charges levied on rail operators for the provision of policing services.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2017 16:31:09 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

750875

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what capabilities are exempt from his Department’s target for efficiency savings by the British Transport Police.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>In agreeing the British Transport Police Authority’s proposals for efficiency savings as part of the Spending Review, it was made clear that any savings should ensure that any material impact on the operational capability of the British Transport Police (BTP) is minimised; counter terrorist activity was exempt from the Spending Review process. The efficiency savings target includes the BTP’s core policing activities only; enhanced policing services, which are provided to operators on request on a commercial basis, are excluded from the target.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2017 13:20:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

750876

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the devolution of transport policing to Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to implementing the recommendation of the Smith Commission that the functions of the British Transport Police in Scotland should be devolved. Legislative competence was devolved through the Scotland Act 2016, and a Scottish Government Bill which makes provision about the arrangements for the Police Service of Scotland to police railways and railway property has recently completed its passage through the Scottish Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>In devolving the functions, we are committed to ensuring a smooth and seamless transition which ensures effective arrangements are in place for cross-border railway policing once responsibilities have been transferred, so that we continue to have a railway policing service which works for passengers, staff and the railway.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2017 16:12:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

750877

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy for the British Transport Police to be merged with other police forces; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering a broad range of options to optimise the protection of critical infrastructure such as nuclear sites and railways, including the future roles of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, the Ministry of Defence Police and the British Transport Police.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2017 12:50:16 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff