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1717129

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, how many and what proportion of the Network North projects have an approved business case.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	25671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Projects have different business cases during their life cycle. Since the Government announced Network North on 4 October, the Department has been working closely with delivery bodies to establish plans for delivery. Announcements on progress of business cases and delivery will be made as schemes develop.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/05/2024 15:22:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1717130

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, how many and what proportion of the Network North projects had been allocated funding before September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	25672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Funding from Network North will go to a combination of projects including additional funding to existing work, restarting important work that had previously been paused, and to new projects and schemes that are being developed, as set out in the announcement. Many schemes included in Network North have been announced, with projects due to be delivered at various times over the next decade and beyond. Further information is available on the government website. For example:</p><ul><li>We have already extended the £2 national bus fare cap, which will now continue to December 2024. This has been backed by further Government investment of over £200 million reallocated from HS2 Phase 2. This means that almost £600 million will have been provided to continue capping single bus fares at £2 in England outside London until the end of 2024.</li><li>The Midlands Rail hub will now be fully funded. We are increasing investment to £1.75 billion, connecting more than 50 stations.</li><li>In December, we also announced £8.3 billion of additional highways maintenance funding over the period 2023 to 2034 and the next 11 years for local road resurfacing and wider maintenance.</li><li>The £4.7bn Local Transport Fund and allocations by local authority was announced on 26 February 2024, this provides transformative levels of funding for local authorities to spend on transport priorities in their areas.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/05/2024 14:19:13 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1717195

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for (a) sharing the guidance on network north local transport fund with local authorities and (b) announcing the funding allocations for the first two years.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	25627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department will provide advice for local transport authorities shortly on the scope, process and accountability framework for the new funding, to ensure that local authorities can develop delivery plans to make the most of it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/05/2024 14:08:53 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1670296

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the projects in Network North have a business case.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Since the Government announced Network North on 4 October, the Department has been working closely with delivery bodies to establish plans for delivery. Announcements on progress of business cases and delivery will be made as schemes develop.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/11/2023 15:15:08 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1670297

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects in Network North are at design stage.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Teams are working through delivery schedules and phasing of spend with delivery partners and within the Government’s overall fiscal plan. We will share further information when that work is complete. All schemes and programmes announced as part of Network North will go through normal business case approval processes to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the more mature projects, we have already extended the £2 national bus fare cap, which will now continue to December 2024. We are also making £300m of funding available to improve the conditions of local roads across this financial year and next. Next financial year, there will also be an additional £150m of funding to support bus services through the Bus Service Improvement Plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/11/2023 15:07:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1670298

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects in Network North have been costed.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We have already extended the £2 national bus fare cap, which will now continue to December 2024. We are also making £300m of funding available to improve the conditions of local roads across this financial year and next. Next financial year, there will also be an additional £150m of funding to support bus services through the Bus Service Improvement Plans.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/11/2023 14:59:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1670318

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the guidance entitled DfT value for money framework, published on 20 July 2017, how many and what proportion of the Network North projects have been assessed under this framework.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>All Network North schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo formal governance in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties. Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) and Value for Money (VfM) categories for Network North schemes will be assessed on an individual basis as part of business case development. We will share further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/11/2023 15:13:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1670320

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all projects cited in Network North will be funded from the £36 billion announced.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Prime Minister set out that all of the savings from Phase 2 of HS2 will be spent on the schemes and projects announced as part of Network North. All schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo formal governance in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties. Allocations may change as final plans and profiles are agreed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/11/2023 15:09:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1669407

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to include improvements in Lincolnshire as part of the funding allocated through Network North.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	1442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Lincolnshire will receive additional funding through a number of different funding streams and projects as part of Network North. Please some examples of funding below:</p><ul><li>Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs) – £1 billion of additional funding for BSIPs in the North and the Midlands. Lincolnshire County Council has been indicatively allocated over £4.3 million for 2024/2025. Additionally, North East Lincolnshire Council has been indicatively allocated over £800,000 and North Lincolnshire Council allocated over £900,000 for 2024/2025.</li><li>Highways Maintenance – £8.3 billion of additional capital funding for local highways maintenance activities, such as the resurfacing of local road networks. The additional funding will provide £2.2 billion in the Midlands and will be allocated from 2023/24 to 2033/34. Funding allocations for 2023/24 and 2024/25 and indicative total minimum funding allocations for the full period for local highway and combined authorities will be published on GOV.UK later this week.</li><li>Local Integrated Transport Settlements (LITS) – this is a new £4.7 billion fund for the 27 local transport authorities, outside city-regions, in the North and Midlands. It will run for 7 years from 2025/26; funding allocations will be announced in due course.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/11/2023 16:24:03 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1669417

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department held discussions with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership before announcing Network North funding.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	1444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Following the announcement of Network North, we are working closely with our local delivery partners to progress projects plans including funding. Consultations and further discussions will be conducted, as appropriate, as the plans for projects are developed and finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/11/2023 17:33:58 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes