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1063580

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reports by OTB Engineering, published in January, and Michael Byng, published in July 2017 on the Short-Mined Tunnel alternative proposal to the HS2 Phase One route at Wendover; and whether they will place copies of both reports in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Baroness Young of Old Scone
uin	HL13818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not received a report by OTB engineering published in January 2019 regarding the HS2 Phase One route at Wendover.</p><p> </p><p>The July 2017 report into the Wendover mined tunnel proposal was considered by the Department for Transport after copies of the report were provided to the Secretary of State by members of both Houses from July 2017. Department for Transport Ministers communicated their assessment to those members from October 2017 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate for private correspondence between Ministers and members of either House to be placed in either Library without their consent.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/03/2019 15:25:09 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1755 label Biography information for Baroness Young of Old Scone

1005585

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Libraries of both Houses a copy of reports by (1) SDG, Nichols Group and KPMG, and (2) the Infrastructure Projects Authority, as independent reports of the mined tunnel options for HS2 in the Wendover area, as referred to in the letter from Nusrat Ghani to Wendover Parish Council on 15 October 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL11356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The reports in question were referred to in a letter from Nusrat Ghani MP to the Right Honourable David Lidington MP on 15 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will not be placing copies of the reports referred to in the Libraries of either House. These reports are internal to the Department for Transport and are not intended for publication.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 26/11/2018 15:42:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

837283

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is (1) the tightest radius of curvature of the line, (2) the design speed, and (3) the maximum gradient, of the HS2 tracks at Wendover Dean viaduct; whether they are aware of other places in Europe that such a combination has been constructed on a high speed line; and if so, where.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Wendover Dean Viaduct will be 500m long and will carry the HS2 railway over low lying land through Buckinghamshire as part of Phase One of the project. The radius of curvature of the line will be straight, with a design speed of 360kph and a maximum gradient of 0.395%.</p><p> </p><p>There are several European examples of viaducts with similar parameters such as the Vicoin viaduct in France.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/02/2018 13:35:02 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

621922

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of HS2 Ltd's noise mitigation proposals for Wendover.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL2728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Operational sound, noise and vibration assessments were undertaken for the additional noise mitigation at Wendover as part of Supplementary Environmental Statement 4 which accompanied the deposit of Additional Provision 5.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:45:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

621923

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HS2 Ltd used current HM Treasury tunnel project modelling when they costed proposals for the Wendover short mined tunnel.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL2729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The cost estimate for the short mined tunnel proposals at Wendover were based on the specific topography at that location, the individual tunnel requirements and the appropriate construction rates.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:45:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

621924

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HS2 Ltd considered examples of HS1 tunnel construction when they examined the case for the Wendover short mined tunnel.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL2730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The cost estimates proposals for a mined tunnel past Wendover were based on the specific requirements for the tunnel and topography of the route at this location.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:48:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

621925

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received any evidence from OTB Engineering on whether the Wendover short mined tunnel proposed for HS2 should be cost neutral; and if so, what assessment they have made of that evidence.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL2731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd received a copy of the OTB Engineering report on 25 October 2016. There is no evidence in the report which would require the current cost estimates prepared by HS2 Ltd to need reviewing.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/11/2016 12:16:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

621926

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Wendover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received new evidence from OTB Engineering relating to the Wendover short mined tunnel; and whether, as a result, they will order a review of the engineering costs used by HS2 Ltd.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL2732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd received a copy of the OTB Engineering report on 25 October 2016. The report contains no evidence to suggest that the current cost estimates prepared by HS2 Ltd need reviewing.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:17:35 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor