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registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to modify overhead electrification equipment between Bedford and London.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We are developing plans to adjust the Overhead Line Equipment between Bedford and London in order to enable the new trains coming into service on the Midland Main Line from 2022 to run at the improved line speeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 14:53:19 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767672

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the decision to cancel the electrification of the entire Midland Main Line.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The upgrade to the Midland Main Line, which includes electrification to Kettering and Corby, will enable increased passenger capacity and reduced journey times, as well as introducing a brand new fleet of bi-mode intercity trains from 2022. This will deliver improved journeys sooner and is part of delivering the biggest upgrade of the Midland Main Line since it opened in 1870. We will only electrify lines where it delivers a genuine benefit to passengers.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 15:32:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767673

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make it his policy that commuter trains will stop at additional stops between Corby and London St Pancras as a result of the conclusion of the East Midlands Train Consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>No firm decision on rail services in the next East Midlands franchise has yet been taken. The next franchise starts in August 2019. Invitations to Tender are due to be issued to potential bidders in April 2018. All options for rail services in the next franchise are subject to analysis of the potential benefits and our consultation with stakeholders, which closed on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 106745 106772 question first answered 17/10/2017 13:47:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767674

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Trains: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any studies or reports have been commissioned by HS2 Ltd or his Department on tolerances of vibration levels on high speed rail.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	106720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Consistent with the <em>Noise Policy Statement for England 2010</em>, the HS2 Programme sets two threshold effect levels for ground-borne noise and vibration, one where adverse effects can be observed (Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level - LOAELs), and a higher one where significant adverse effects can be observed (Significant Observed Adverse Effect Level - SOAELs). These thresholds are based on the relevant British Standard:<em> ‘</em><em>British Standards Institution (2008), BS6472-1, Guide to Evaluation of Human Exposure to Vibration in Buildings, Part 1: Vibration Sources other than Blasting’.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>Further details can be found in the HS2 Phase One Information Paper E21, ‘<em>Control of Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration from the Operation of Temporary and Permanent Railways’</em> at the below link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593574/E21_-_Control_of_ground-borne_noise_and_vibration_v1.4.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593574/E21_-_Control_of_ground-borne_noise_and_vibration_v1.4.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 15:20:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

767675

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the 14 recommendations made in the Ian Bynoe report on HS2 Ltd's complaints handling and community engagement of April 2016 have been implemented by HS2 Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	106721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is making good progress in implementing Ian Bynoe’s thirteen recommendations and his one suggestion. Of the thirteen recommendations, eleven have been addressed including the publishing of the updated Residents’ Charter in July 2017 and the Community Engagement Strategy in September 2017. There are two remaining recommendations which have already seen improvements and will be fully addressed by the end of December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Work is in train to implement the report’s suggestion, to establish a best practice advisory panel comprising practitioners who have dealt with comparable community engagement challenges to that of HS2. The terms of reference for the panel will be considered by HS2 Ltd by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 15:24:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

767676

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Intercity trains that stop at Kettering he plans will also stop at (a) Market Harborough, (b) Loughborough, (c) Beeston, (d) East Midlands Parkway and (e) Derby in response to the East Midlands Train Consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>No firm decision on rail services in the next East Midlands franchise has yet been taken. The next franchise starts in August 2019. Invitations to Tender are due to be issued to potential bidders in April 2018. All options for rail services in the next franchise are subject to analysis of the potential benefits and our consultation with stakeholders, which closed on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 106745 106771 question first answered 17/10/2017 13:47:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767677

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bedford
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 adequacy of the overall provision of Thameslink, London Midland and East Midlands services from London to Bedford to determine the requirements of rail users.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>In general terms, the requirements of rail users are at the heart of the UK’s railway and of rail franchising policy.</p><p> </p><p>There is a robust process in place for determining the requirements of rail users, by way of the public consultations process as part of each franchise competition.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 14:56:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin