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1196375

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps the Government has taken to help prevent key workers who (a) work on and (b) use the rail network contracting covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	902645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Drivers and other public transport staff have been working hard to ensure that all those on the frontline can get to work. New safer transport guidance was published on 12 May, and we are working closely with transport operators across the sector on its implementation.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/05/2020 16:05:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196109

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using tour operators' coaches to (a) increase public transport capacity and (b) reduce overcrowding on the national rail network.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	47262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with the transport sector to plan for an increase in passenger numbers, while facilitating social distancing where possible. Train operators have increased service levels to approximately 70 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels as of 18 May. We continue to work closely with the industry to identify and implement solutions that protect key passenger and freight flows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/05/2020 15:38:54 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1196112

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to require employers to publish travel plans for their employees which minimise the use of public transport during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	47263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government guidance asks employers to consider changes to their working environments to make sure employees are safe while at work. This includes getting to and from their workplace. Workforce travel planning can play an important role in reducing demand on the transport system and controlling the virus. This will keep workers safe and ensuring space on the network for those who need to use it most. Ensuring as many people as possible can continue to work from home, staggering start and finish times for those who need to travel in and enabling those journeys to be on foot or by bicycle wherever possible, or by car, will all help.</p><p> </p><p>Our guidance is not mandatory, but we look to employers to consider the advice closely and make the right decisions for their organisations and employees. We are working with employer organisations to ensure they draw their employees attention to the new guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/05/2020 15:23:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1196143

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to continue the recent additional funding for cycling as part of a long-term increase in cycling investment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	47391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>On the 9<sup>th</sup> May the Government announced a £2bn package of funding for cycling and walking over the next five years. This includes £250m for the provision of pop-up bike lanes with protected space for cycling as well as vouchers for cycle repairs and greater provision for bike fixing facilities.</p><p> </p><p>An updated Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy will be launched by the Prime Minister in the summer which will outline the process for the development of the second statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/05/2020 15:16:34 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1196185

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
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 recent meetings Ministers of his Department have had with (a) representatives of British Transport Police and (b) the Home office on the British Transport Police; and what the outcome was of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	47261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>There were conference telephone calls on Monday 4<sup>th</sup> May and Wednesday 6<sup>th</sup> May, between the Rail Minister, Chris Heaton-Harris MP and Paul Crowther, the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police. No other Ministers have met with BTP representatives recently. There was also a phone conference between the Rail Minister and the Chair and Chief Executive of the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) on Thursday 7th May.</p><p> </p><p>There have not been any recent ministerial meetings with the Home Office regarding BTP.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes</p><p> </p><p>At the 4th May meeting, the Minister and the Chief Constable agreed that BTP and the Department would continue to work closely together to manage the impacts of COVID-19 on the rail network. During the discussion on the 6th May, the Chief Constable was able to give an update on BTP’s activities and the Minister did likewise regarding work within the Department.</p><p> </p><p>During the discussion between the Rail Minister and BTPA, the BTPA representatives provided an update on the Authority’s work in supporting BTP activity and agreed to keep the Minister updated regarding future developments.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/05/2020 12:04:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

1196202

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
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, when the Government plans to publish the full application form for the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	47225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The online form for registering an interest in the second round of the Ideas Fund was sent to Members on 15 May. The full application form will be published on GOV.UK during week commencing 25 May. We will let Members know when the form is available, as we have done at all stages of the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund. The deadline for applications is 19 June.</p><p> </p><p>We received 60 bids for the first round, which have recently been assessed and the next steps from this round will be communicated to Members and Promoters shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/05/2020 16:26:25 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1196228

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
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
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 holding a public vote on naming the HS2 tunnelling machines.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	47163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The public vote has been implemented and managed entirely in-house by HS2 Ltd staff utilising existing resources so there is no disaggregated cost.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/05/2020 16:19:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1196231

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
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
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 attaching nameplates to the HS2 tunnel boring machines being manufactured in Germany.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	47164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>There is no additional cost associated with applying names to the Tunnel Boring Machines (‘TBMs’) as the cost for applying branding is included in the manufacturing costs for the machines. Once chosen by the public, names of the TBMs will be added to the side of each machine using transfers, not attached nameplates, similar to the standard branding seen on TBMs around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/05/2020 16:15:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1196243

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Coronavirus
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 extend the Bus Services Support Grant beyond the 12 week period announced by his Department on 2 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	47292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working urgently to provide further support to the bus sector to enable operators to ramp up service provision for people returning to work whilst observing social distancing, and will confirm the details of this further support as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/05/2020 15:32:52 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1196244

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services and Rapid Transit Systems: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has given of the effect on the revenue of (a) bus and (b) light rail operators of the transport guidance for passengers and operators published on 12 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	47293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with bus and light rail operators to understand the issues they face in providing services whilst ensuring social distancing for both passengers and staff. We are also working urgently to provide further support to the bus and light rail sectors to enable them to ramp up service provision safely for people returning to work.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/05/2020 15:45:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis