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1186242

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Traffic Control: 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 amending the minimum monthly hour requirements for air traffic controllers to enable staff who have self-isolated as a result of the covid-19 outbreak to re-enter the workforce without a delay.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	31492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>The working time arrangements of air traffic controllers reflect the vital role they play in maintaining air safety. These arrangements are long standing and designed to ensure that controllers are physically and mentally fit to carry out their operational duties.</p><p> </p><p>The current working time arrangements already provide some flexibility which could be used if deemed necessary. An air navigation service provider can seek an amendment to the working time arrangements for their unit from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) or in exceptional circumstances use its own discretion to modify them on a temporary basis.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/03/2020 14:12:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1186241

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports: 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 introducing a (a) fast-tracked and (b) fee-free SIA Licence application scheme for airport security personnel to enable those staff to be re-deployed during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	31491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>My Department is looking at ways to best ensure how those aviation personnel who are temporarily displaced from their jobs in aviation may be able to return to their roles quickly and with the minimum of delay when operations start to be resumed.</p><p> </p><p>As aviation security personnel are exempt from SIA licensing, my officials are speaking with the Home Office to see what options may be possible should aviation security personnel wish to pursue security roles elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/03/2020 14:30:44 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1186258

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports: 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 feasibility of relaxing the sixty day rule for airport security pass holders to allow pass holders that have not been in work as a result of the covid-19 outbreak to return without delay.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	31493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>My Department and the Civil Aviation Authority are examining this issue amongst others, to ensure that when aviation operations resume, people can return to work as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/03/2020 14:25:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1198377

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ferries: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what external advice his Department received in designing the Public Service Obligations under which ferry operators are providing freight capacity on designated routes for nine-weeks from 11 May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	51908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport engaged external experts for legal, technical and financial advice on the design of the Public Service Obligation Agreements.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/06/2020 11:46:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1205247

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ferries: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 51906 on Ferries: Freight, what recent estimate has made of the value of the Public Service Obligation agreements in place with operators on ferry routes from (a) Hull, (b) Dover and (c) other eligible routes from a UK port.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	61469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Payments on PSO routes are calculated using actual revenues each week, so final payments will depend on performance of both the freight and passenger market. Results for weeks to date are currently being assessed and final award values for those weeks are not yet known; details of the actual subsidy amounts paid will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated values of the PSO Agreements at the point of contract award were published in the Official Journal of the European Union and were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Route</p></td><td><p>Operator</p></td><td><p>Estimated value at contract award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth-Santander</p></td><td><p>Brittany Ferries</p></td><td><p>£1,508,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth-Cherbourg</p></td><td><p>Brittany Ferries</p></td><td><p>£1,042,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole-Bilbao</p></td><td><p>Brittany Ferries</p></td><td><p>£370,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover-Dunkerque</p></td><td><p>DFDS</p></td><td><p>£3,068,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover-Calais</p></td><td><p>DFDS</p></td><td><p>£3,770,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Folkestone-Coquelles</p></td><td><p>Eurotunnel</p></td><td><p>£3,431,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover-Calais</p></td><td><p>P&amp;O</p></td><td><p>£1,173,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cairnryan-Larne</p></td><td><p>P&amp;O</p></td><td><p>£3,581,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tilbury-Zeebrugge</p></td><td><p>P&amp;O</p></td><td><p>£2,053,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesport-Europoort</p></td><td><p>P&amp;O</p></td><td><p>£1,098,369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull-Europoort</p></td><td><p>P&amp;O</p></td><td><p>£3,504,249 *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull-Zeebrugge</p></td><td><p>P&amp;O</p></td><td><p>£1,842,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heysham-Warrenpoint</p></td><td><p>Seatruck</p></td><td><p>£849,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotterdam-Killingholme</p></td><td><p>Stena</p></td><td><p>£2,018,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cairnryan-Belfast</p></td><td><p>Stena</p></td><td><p>£1,077,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harwich-Rotterdam</p></td><td><p>Stena</p></td><td><p>£1,822,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harwich-Hoek van Holland</p></td><td><p>Stena</p></td><td><p>£1,608,003</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The estimate for Hull-Europoort was later revised to £4,779,369.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/06/2020 16:31:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1205250

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ferries: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 51908 on Ferries: Freight, if he will publish the names of the external experts that provided (a) legal, (b) technical and (c) financial advice on the design of the Public Service Obligation Agreements; and what the cost to the public purse was of that advice.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	61472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is providing up to £35.2m in funding to maintain capacity for critical goods for 9 weeks across 16 critical freight routes. During the height of the crisis, we believed it was important to keep this vital flow of critical goods such as medicines and food into and across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The providers of expert advice are as follows:</p><ol><li><p>Legal advice - Slaughter &amp; May</p></li><li><p>Technical advice - Costain</p></li><li><p>Financial advice - PwC</p></li></ol><p> </p><p>The amounts spent on the external experts to date are as follows:</p><ol><li><p>Slaughter &amp; May - £394,048</p></li><li><p>Costain - £188,676</p></li><li><p>PwC - £178,058</p></li></ol><p> </p><p>These figures exclude VAT.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 30/06/2020 15:42:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 31433 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1182724

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	MS Diamond Princess: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support has been provided by UK Ship Register officials to (a) crew and (b) passengers on the cruise liner Diamond Princess after the outbreak of covid-19 on that ship.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	25090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Diamond Princess is registered with the United Kingdom. As Flag State, our obligations under the international Maritime Labour Convention include safeguarding the welfare and well-being of all the crew, not just those who were UK nationals, and that they could all access, amongst other things, medical support, as and when they needed it.</p><p> </p><p>During the quarantine period of the Diamond Princess the UK government acted on behalf of the safety and well-being of a) the crew and b) the passengers. UK officials in my Department and at the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency, as well as valuable consular support from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Tokyo, worked closely with the ship-owner, Carnival Cruises, the Japanese Government and their health authorities in Yokohama to ensure the well-being and safety of all persons on board and limit the risk of contagion spreading.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/03/2020 10:14:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1187575

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Coronavirus
	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 had with his international counterparts on the crewing of merchant ships on the (a) UK, (b) Red Ensign Group and (c) Flag of Convenience shipping registers during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	34342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>These matters are flag blind, I wrote to the International Maritime Organization, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization on 23<sup>rd</sup> March stating that as a port state the UK will continue to recognise its international obligations and allow seafarers to transit and transfer in the UK and to access shore leave.</p><p> </p><p>I have spoken with Lord Ahmad (Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) regarding specific issues with the repatriation of seafarers.</p><p>As the flag state authority, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has made specific measures in regard certification and employment to aid shipowners and seafarers with crewing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/04/2020 14:30:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1187576

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect that restrictions on the international aviation industry in response to the pandemic covid-19 pandemic are having on the ability of the merchant shipping industry to ensure that merchant seafarers in the (a) UK and (b) international shipping industry can return home at the end of their contracted voyage in line with (i) the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014 and (ii) Regulation 2.5 of the Maritime Labour Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	34343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>The International Labour Organization (ILO) has been very clear that the pandemic does not remove the duty of care that ship operators have to their seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>I wrote to the UN agencies on 23<sup>rd</sup> March setting out the UK will continue to permit seafarers to transit and transfer in the UK and access to shore leave. This letter was shared with all state parties to the agencies. The ILO and the International Maritime Organization have also issued guidance to all state parties to recognise seafarers as key workers and to remind states of their obligations under international maritime law to facilitate the movement of seafarers and to allow seafarers to be repatriated.</p><p> </p><p>I have spoken with Lord Ahmad (Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) regarding specific issues with the repatriation of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/04/2020 14:22:53 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1182723

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the progress the Merchant Navy Training Board has made in promoting the training of (a) ratings and (b) cadets since 2015 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	25089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not assess the Merchant Navy Training Board’s progress in promoting ratings and cadet training.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Department for Transport and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency sit on the Merchant Navy Training Board with observer status. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency are there primarily as a regulator of standards against the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/03/2020 17:31:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner