Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1716660

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage more freight on to rail for efficiency and environmental reasons; and to improve Ely Junction to facilitate goods travelling by rail from east coast ports and elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL4471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing rail freight to unlock the economic and environmental benefits it can deliver. We are undertaking a number of initiatives including setting a long-term growth target of increasing freight moved by rail by at least 75% by 2050, which was announced in December 2023, and a review of the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme. Network Rail also continues to work closely with freight operators to improve performance and efficient use of the network.</p><p> </p><p>The October 2023 Network North announcement confirmed Government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement. The next stage of work for the scheme will involve detailed design work, development of a Full Business Case and beginning the process for securing delivery powers (for example, a Transport and Works Act Order).</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 16/05/2024 16:00:35 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1686247

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
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 trends in the level of rail freight usage since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	12364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2014-15 the total freight moved was 22.2 billion net tonne km. This has decreased by 29% to 15.7 billion net tonne km in 2022-23. Much of the decline is due to the phasing out of coal for power stations. Coal traffic decreased by 93% from 6.5 billion net tonne km in 2014-15 to 0.5 billion net tonne km in 2022-23.</p><p>If coal is excluded, the total amount of freight moved has decreased by 3% from 15.7 billion net tonne km in 2014-15 to 15.2 billion net tonne km in 2022-23. However, there is significant potential for growth and that is why the government has set a target of at least 75% growth in freight moved by rail by 2050.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coal</strong><br> <strong> (billion net tonne kilometres)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Freight Moved without Coal (billion net tonne kilometres)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Freight Moved</strong><br> <strong> (billion net tonne kilometres)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>22.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>17.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The government is committed to growing rail freight.</p><p>Network Rail has committed to supporting growth of 7.5% in CP7 (2024-2029) and are working on plans to achieve this. That will form the first step on the way to the 2050 target.</p><p>The Rail Minister hosts bi-monthly roundtable meetings with key rail freight stakeholders. Network Rail also continues to work closely with freight operators to improve performance, with increases seen recently in Network Rail’s Freight Delivery Metric.</p><p>The Government encourages and incentivises modal shift from road to rail by allocating £20m per year to the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme. In 2022/23, the scheme removed the need for around 900,000 HGV journeys, saving almost 40,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.</p><p>The Government has also contributed over £12.5m to 33 &quot;First of a Kind&quot; R&amp;D projects and £7m through the “Future of Freight” fund both to boost innovation and help decarbonise freight.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 07/02/2024 16:19:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1660910

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what detailed information they have about freight train operators who have replaced electric locomotives with diesel over the past year because of the higher costs of electricity; and whether they have had meetings with any such operators to discuss the impact of these changes on His Majesty's Government’s net zero strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL10194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>Officials and the Rail Minister have discussed this with the freight operating companies who are closely monitoring the situation and will review when electricity prices come down. The decision about which locomotives to use for freight trains is a commercial decision for each individual freight operating company. The Government cannot intervene in such decisions but we continue to work closely to help incentivise the freight industry to meet our net zero targets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/09/2023 10:14:09 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1659126

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
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 quantity of freight that was transported on the rail network in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	198429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The attached table summarises freight lifted, and freight moved by rail in Great Britain in each of the last 5 years.</p><p>Freight lifted is the mass of goods carried on the rail network measured in tonnes, excluding the weight of the locomotives and wagons. Unlike freight moved it takes no account of the distance travelled.</p><p>Freight moved measures the amount of freight moved on the railway network, taking into account the weight of the load and the distance carried. It is measured in net tonne kilometres.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/09/2023 11:44:40 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman attachment 1 file name Table - Quantity of freight on rail network in the last five years.docx title Table - Quantity of freight on rail - five years
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1658587

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
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 held with (a) industry and (b) other stakeholders on the potential merits of increasing the amount of freight transported around the UK on the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	198129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing rail freight and I meet regularly with industry to discuss the work we are doing to achieve this. I host bi-monthly roundtable meetings with the rail freight sector and Network Rail, I have visited freight operators on site and attended numerous industry events. I have also met with representative bodies of rail freight customers and also of Ports with key interests in rail freight.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 11/09/2023 12:57:08 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1658721

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which rail lines are only operated for freight purposes; and what the length in miles of each such line is.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	198187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2022, according to ORR, 777 miles of mainline network in Great Britain are for freight only, with 9,129 miles for passenger and freight traffic. This refers to the mainline railway and does not include privately operated lines, such as terminals, for which we do not hold information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 12/09/2023 15:20:57 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1658280

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to increase the amount of freight transported by rail.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	197847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing rail freight. We are undertaking a number of initiatives including setting a long-term rail freight growth target, which will be announced later this year, and a review of the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme. The Rail Minister hosts bi-monthly roundtable meetings with key rail freight stakeholders. Network Rail also continues to work closely with freight operators to improve performance, with increases seen recently in Network Rail’s Freight Delivery Metric.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 12/09/2023 14:55:25 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi