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454306

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the premium and subsidy profile of the new TransPennine Express franchise will be in each year of that franchise's operation.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">These figures are published annually by the Office of Road and Rail at <a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As well bringing in additional services, increased capacity, reduced fares for 16-18 year olds and jobseekers, and new cross-border services, the new Transpennine Franchise will, unlike the previous one awarded in 2003, be a premia paying franchise. The premium payments are set out below in both nominal terms and in real (i.e. constant) terms in 2015/16 prices.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>TPE</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Financial Subsidy/(Premium)</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£m </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Nominal</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Real – 2015/16 Prices</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(7)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(6)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(20)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(19)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(52)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(46)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(99)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(85)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(111)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(93)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(144)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(116)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Option</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(157)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(123)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Option</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(179)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(136)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9 years</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(763)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(621)</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2016 11:39:07 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2016 16:08:26 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 47415 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

454312

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the five times increase in the annual upfront fee charges for private hire operator licences by local authorities on small and self-employed operators.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	28080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Local licensing authorities can charge fees for private hire vehicle operator licences that recover the cost of administering the licensing system.</p><p> </p><p>Renewing a licence every five years, rather than more frequently as may have been the case in the past, reduces a financial and administrative burden on many of the small and medium size enterprises that make up the private hire vehicle industry.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2016 11:33:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

454313

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
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 local licensing authorities on the introduction of five-year private hire operator licences by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	28081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Five-year private hire vehicle operator licences were introduced in October 2015. Since that time, local licensing authorities have not made any representations to me on the subject.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2016 11:36:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

453641

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 28 November 2014 to Question 215333, what amount was paid to Transport for London in relation to the decision to raise Transport for London rail fares by the retail price index in January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport compensated Transport for London (TfL) in full for the projected impact on their revenues of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s September 2014 announcement on regulated rail fares. The Department did this by paying TfL an additional £43 million, spread over two financial years (£7m in 2014/15, and £36m in 2015/16), by means of a variation to their core grant (the GLA transport grant, paid under section 101 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999). This followed consultation with HM Treasury and with the Greater London Authority.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/02/2016 16:25:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453827

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail Line: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned availability of toilet facilities is (a) on Crossrail trains and (b) at Crossrail train stations.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	27646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Elizabeth line, being constructed by Crossrail, will be a high-frequency metro-style train service, and will carry an estimated 200 million passengers a year.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of journeys will be of a short duration and on board toilets would take up a significant amount of space.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not intended that toilets will be provided on the new trains as these would displace approximately 600 passengers per hour. 80 per cent of stations on the Elizabeth line will have toilet facilities.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2016 16:31:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

453832

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Assets
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 value of Network Rail's Regulated Asset Base in respect of the (a) Anglia, (b) LNE and East Midlands, (c) LNW, (d) Scotland, (e) Southeast, (f) Wales, (g) Wessex and (h) Western Network Rail routes in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is published online in Network Rail’s regulated accounts<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Regulated Asset Base as at 31 March 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(14/15 prices) £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAB value - regulatory route</p></td><td><p>RAB value - management route</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglia</p></td><td><p>4,181</p></td><td><p>4,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LNE</p></td><td><p>9,296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LNEEM</p></td><td><p>12,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LNW</p></td><td><p>11,834</p></td><td><p>11,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>5,318</p></td><td><p>5,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>4,496</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>2,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>7,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2,744</p></td><td><p>2,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>4,106</p></td><td><p>4,106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western</p></td><td><p>5,353</p></td><td><p>5,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>53,029</p></td><td><p>53,029</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/regulatory%20documents/regulatory%20compliance%20and%20reporting/regulatory%20accounts/nril%20regulatory%20financial%20statements%20for%20the%20year%20ended%2031%20march%202015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2016 14:47:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453833

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to data table BUS0842, published in Department for Transport Statistics, what guidance his Department gives to travel concession authorities for reporting purposes on the definition of commercial youth concessions.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport’s annual Concessionary Travel Survey asks the following question in relation to commercial concessions available to young people, of which there is specific guidance repeated below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Question 19: Do the main bus operators in your authority / scheme offer commercial concessions to young people in 2015/16?</strong></p><p>This question concerns commercial concessions only i.e. those controlled/managed/funded by a bus operator. We are aware that you may not know of all the youth schemes offered in your area, but any information you can supply here does offer us a useful starting point for gathering further information from operator websites.</p><p> </p><p>If possible please specify the name of the operator, the age group (e.g. 16-18) covered, the fare charged (free, half, flat), time period (term-time only/all year, 8.30-10.30) and any other relevant information. You will have an opportunity in Q21 to tell us about any youth schemes that your Travel Concession Authority (TCA) controls/manages/funds.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 16:03:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453834

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Suicide
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 11 February 2016 to Question 26134, what the reason is for the difference between the data series given in that Answer in relation to suicides and suicide attempts on the Strategic Road Network and the data given in the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19015 asked by the hon. Member for Huddersfield; and if he will update the figures given in the Answer of 15 December 2015 to include the number of suicides and suicide attempts on the Strategic Road Network in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The difference in the data given is due to the ‘Command and Control’ database, used by Highways England to record all incidents on the Strategic Road network, being reconfigured in April 2013 to improve the consistency of the data recorded. This has led to improved accuracy, particularly when logging types of incidents and the method for recording ‘suicides’ or ‘attempted suicides’ was also adapted.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 there were 790 incidents logged as suicides or attempted suicides.</p><p>In 2016 – from 1<sup>st</sup> January to 21<sup>st</sup> February – there have been 120 such incidents.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 16:07:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453835

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what income, by category of payment, Network Rail received from each of its directly managed stations in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This is commercially sensitive information belonging to Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2016 14:52:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453838

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's invoices for goods and services supplied by (a) private companies and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are completed on time; and what proportion of the (i) number and (ii) value of contracts between his Department and private companies are held by SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	27780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of the Department’s undisputed invoices for goods and services paid on time is set out in the table below, and published at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/department-for-transport-prompt-payment" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/department-for-transport-prompt-payment</a>. The Department paid over 95% of its total invoices within 5 working days in the first three quarters of 2015/16. The data is not currently broken down by private companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2015/2016</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Percentage of invoices paid within 5 days.</p></td><td><p>Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>DFTc</p></td><td><p>87.50%</p></td><td><p>97.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>95.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>97.60%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>Highways England</p></td><td><p>97.40%</p></td><td><p>99.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>71.90%</p></td><td><p>92.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>96.00%</p></td><td><p>98.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>Group Total</p></td><td><p>95.00%</p></td><td><p>99.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>DFTc</p></td><td><p>87.80%</p></td><td><p>98.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>94.70%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>99.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>Highways England</p></td><td><p>97.20%</p></td><td><p>99.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>72.80%</p></td><td><p>95.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>98.00%</p></td><td><p>99.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>Group Total</p></td><td><p>95.20%</p></td><td><p>99.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>DFTc</p></td><td><p>91.30%</p></td><td><p>99.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>84.80%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>99.70%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>Highways England</p></td><td><p>98.80%</p></td><td><p>99.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>80.50%</p></td><td><p>96.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>98.30%</p></td><td><p>99.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd quarter</p></td><td><p>Group Total</p></td><td><p>97.60%</p></td><td><p>99.70%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2014/15, 32.2%<sup>1</sup> of the Department’s direct and indirect procurement spend was through SMEs, and 48%<sup>2</sup> of the Department’s direct suppliers were SMEs. The Department does not currently hold data on the number and value of contracts with SMEs. SME spend information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482638/Publication_of_1415SpendUpdate__1___1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482638/Publication_of_1415SpendUpdate__1___1_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Figures exclude Network Rail, which was reclassified during 2014/15.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Figures exclude any direct suppliers whose size is unclassified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/02/2016 15:02:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint