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1338204

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Restoring Your Railway Fund
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 amounts paid out under the Restoring Your Railway Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	18462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>We invited and received bids to the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund from across England and Wales. The Ideas Fund provides 75% of costs, up to £50,000, to help fund transport and economic studies and create a business case. Details, including regions, of the 25 Ideas Fund schemes awarded funding to date are on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/06/2021 15:55:10 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1338205

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
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 amounts paid out under the Bus Service Operators Grant by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	18463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>Up until 31 December 2013 Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) was paid directly to bus operators and was not split between commercially run or subsidised bus services. We are therefore unable to provide figures for this period. From 1 January 2014 local authorities have received funding equivalent to the level of BSOG which would otherwise have been paid to operators for running subsidised services in 2014. The current dataset provides details of amounts paid up to and including the period to 31/03/21. Details of the amounts paid to local authorities each year can be found on the “Payments to Local Authorities” tab of the relevant spreadsheets published at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/06/2021 16:18:18 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1338206

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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, if he will publish the amounts paid out under the Pothole Action Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	18464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Pothole Action Fund, announced in 2016¸ was for local roads in England outside London, as that has a separate funding arrangement. The other nations of the UK receive a share of any new funding through the Barnett Formula.</p><p>For 2020/21, the Pothole Action Fund (£50 million in 2020/21) was combined with the Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund (£100 million) and the new £2.5 billion Potholes Fund announced at Budget 2020 (£500 million). This £650 million funding was allocated by formula, and paid to local highway authorities in England, outside London.</p><p>The allocations were published in the Roads Funding Information Pack which is at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/roads-funding-information-pack/roads-funding-information-pack" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/roads-funding-information-pack/roads-funding-information-pack</a>.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/06/2021 11:43:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1338207

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Urban Areas
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 amounts paid out under the Transforming Cities programme by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	18465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The total amount of Transforming Cities Fund awarded to the six original Mayoral Combined Authorities and the remaining twelve Competitively Funded Authorities, including West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Sheffield City Region Combined Authority have been published. Details about the total funded awarded to each city is available on Gov.UK.</p><p>The Transforming Cities Fund is available to selected cities within England only, not the other devolved nations. By completion of the Transforming Cities Programme, a total of £2.36 billion will have been invested in these 18 cities across England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/06/2021 13:09:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1338208

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
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 amounts paid out under the Bus Service Operators Grant by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK in 200-21.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	18466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>Up until 31 December 2013 Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) was paid directly to bus operators and was not split between commercially run or subsidised bus services. We are therefore unable to provide figures for this period. From 1 January 2014 local authorities have received funding equivalent to the level of BSOG which would otherwise have been paid to operators for running subsidised services in 2014. The current dataset provides details of amounts paid up to and including the period to 31/03/21. Details of the amounts paid to local authorities each year can be found on the “Payments to Local Authorities” tab of the relevant spreadsheets published at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/06/2021 13:14:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1250402

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: 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 emergency funding provided to the national railways, whether he has asked Southern Railway to deliver an assessment of the effect of demand on sustainability, including modelling of medium-term service level requirements against possible demand scenarios after covid-19 travel restrictions are lifted.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	113475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Rail operators continue to assess local demand regularly to deliver the services passengers need. We continue to work closely with Govia Thameslink Railway (the operator of Southern services) as they develop future timetable proposals to make sure we strike the right balance between running the maximum levels of service that can be resourced reliably to meet demand and protecting taxpayers’ best interests.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/11/2020 17:31:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1250403

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to emergency funding provided to the national railways, what cumulative efficiency savings he has asked Southern Railway to achieve by the end of 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	113476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department has contracted Govia Thameslink Railway to act as a Good and Efficient Operator, as defined in the Emergency Measures Agreement and subsequently the Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement and will assess their performance against this requirement.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/11/2020 17:31:56 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1250404

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government funds (a) travel concessions and (b) other benefits to (i) rail and (ii) bus travellers in England outside London.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	113477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>There are a number of national rail concessions in the form of railcards. Under Section 28(3) of the Railways Act 1993, train operating companies are required to participate in certain approved discount card schemes for young and student travellers, disabled passengers and those over 60.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, recent introductions include the 16-17 Saver and 26-30 ‘millennial’ railcard to help young people, and in October we launched a new Veterans Railcard to help former servicemen and women.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) for bus travel is provided to local authorities through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG’s) revenue support grant. This funding is not ringfenced, which enables local authorities to make spending decisions that more closely match local needs and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/11/2020 17:32:22 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1250405

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has commissioned a Government-led expert review of the potential implementation of driverless trains in areas outside London.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	113478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>In September, The Secretary of State asked the RSSB (formerly the Rail Safety Standards Board) to conduct a short study to examine the facts and evidence surrounding the potential application of GoA3 automated train operation (ATO) on the rail network in Great Britain. The study will, amongst other things, consider the technical and practical implications of implementing GoA3 ATO on the mainline rail network, where GoA3 ATO trains currently operate internationally, and whether they have been successful. RSSB’s report is expected to be published in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 16/11/2020 15:22:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1250406

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to appoint special representatives to attend all Southern Railway board meetings as a result of the decision by the Office for National Statistics to classify train operating companies into the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	113479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State does not plan to appoint special representatives to attend Southern Railway board meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The classification of train operating companies by the Office for National Statistics does not have any direct implications in areas such as ownership, legal status, or management structure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor the delivery of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Franchise Agreement, which encompasses the Southern Railway brand.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 16/11/2020 15:25:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck