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47342

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the ten professional services consultancy firms paid the most by the Department during the eleven months of the financial year 2013-14 for which we have data. These companies are sorted in descending level of departmental expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Company Name </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total spend for periods 1 to 11 of financial year 2013/14 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EVERSHEDS LLP</p></td><td><p>13,829,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER</p></td><td><p>3,245,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SYSTEMS UP LTD</p></td><td><p>706,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTZ</p></td><td><p>414,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ALLEN &amp; OVERY</p></td><td><p>236,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD</p></td><td><p>234,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THOMPSONS SOLICITORS</p></td><td><p>234,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NABARRO LLP</p></td><td><p>200,614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROWSELL WRIGHT LTD</p></td><td><p>160,486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BOYES TURNER LLP</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47347

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The five companies used most often to provide temporary workers to Department for Transport were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Badenoch and Clark</p><p> </p><p>Capita</p><p> </p><p>Networkers</p><p> </p><p>Spring Technology</p><p> </p><p>Michael Page</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the amount in fees paid to each Supplier as this information is not recorded. The cost of a temporary worker is provided as a total daily rate which is inclusive of Supplier fees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47349

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve transport connections between Windsor and London.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	195451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The programme to increase passenger capacity on the Windsor to Waterloo railway by 25% is now under way and will be completed in early 2015. 60 additional carriages are being incorporated into an extended and refurbished fleet of trains to operate as a maximum 10 carriage train length. The first additional vehicles are now in service. From May 2014, platform 20 of the former Waterloo International station will be brought into use for scheduled services. Construction of Crossrail is now half completed and electrification of the Great Western Main Line is also under way; the Slough to Windsor &amp; Eton Central line will be electrified by 2019. The Highways Agency is welcoming preliminary comments on the M4 Smart Motorway scheme between Junction 3 (Hayes) and Junction 12 (Theale) until the end of April 2014, and will conduct a formal public consultation on the scheme in the autumn. Subject to development consent and the final business case, construction could start in spring 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

47350

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the average load factor of West Coast Mainline trains leaving London Euston in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	195450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The requested information is not available, however a number of similar statistics relating to 2012 are available via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average load factors for all services departing Euston can be calculated from the data in Table RA10213.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The percentage of passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) and the number of passengers standing is given for the 3 hour peaks for all franchised operators in Table RA10215.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Equivalent statistics for 2013 will be available in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

47351

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what calculations he has used to estimate actual take-up by freight of any spare capacity releases on existing West Coast Mainline tracks if High Speed 2 Phase 2 is realised, including the costs of double and triple handling of goods, products and containers from point of production to point of sale.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	195449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>HS2 has the potential to increase the amount of freight that can be carried by rail between London and the West Midlands by using the existing mainline capacity that it releases. HS2 Limited's assessment concludes that an extra 20 West Coast Main Line freight paths could be released. The Department has not conducted any analysis of potential take-up of these freight paths released by HS2, and such take-up would be a commercial matter for rail freight operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

47352

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of part-time season tickets for rail commuters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	195460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Part-time season tickets for rail commuters will be trialled on a London commuter route next year; a competition will be held later this year to identify a train operator to undertake the trial.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

47354

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 940W, on railways: passengers, and to paragraph 4 of Annex 2 to the Tenth Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2010-12, High Speed Rail, HC 1185-i, what assessment he has made of whether an 80 per cent increase in seats on the West Coast Main Line by 2016 should create enough extra seats to deal with projected increase in passenger growth outlined in the Answer.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	195482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Transport asked Network Rail to carry out an assessment of the 51M and RP2 proposals referred to in paragraph 4 of Annex 2 to the Tenth Report of the Transport Committee of Session2010-12, High Speed Rail, HC 1185-i. This assessment is available at:</p><p><a href="http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/hs2-review-of-strategic-alternatives/hs2-review-of-strategic-alternatives.pdf" target="_blank">http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/hs2-review-of-strategic-alternatives/hs2-review-of-strategic-alternatives.pdf</a>. Network Rail's assessment suggests that the additional capacity proposed by both 51M and RP2 would not match the demand growth on the route and would not solve the overcrowding on suburban services at the southern end of the route in the peak.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

47356

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what he expects the percentage increase in passenger capacity on the West Coast Mainline to be as a result of High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	195448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>HS2 provides a very significant expansion of the rail network's ability to carry passengers and freight, resulting in improvements to rail services throughout the country.</p><p> </p><p>Compared with today's capacity, HS2 will ultimately triple the seats available at Euston during the peak hour. The initial Phase One service plan for HS2 in 2026 doubles seating capacity at Euston during the peak hour, while more than doubling commuter and regional service seating capacity, where the crowding pressure is greatest. HS2 will allow space to be released on the existing network, including the West Coast Mainline to enable regional, commuter and freight traffic to grow, and for a well-planned timetable of other services to places not served by HS2.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

47024

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will commission an assessment of the dangers and problems of vehicles parked on pavements.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	195400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to commission a report into pavement parking.</p><p> </p><p>In London there is a general ban on parking on the footway. In the rest of England there is no such prohibition but local authorities outside London have wide-ranging powers to make Traffic Regulation Orders to prohibit pavement parking on designated lengths of highway or over a wide area.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 195401 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

47025

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to prevent unnecessary pavement parking.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	195401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to commission a report into pavement parking.</p><p> </p><p>In London there is a general ban on parking on the footway. In the rest of England there is no such prohibition but local authorities outside London have wide-ranging powers to make Traffic Regulation Orders to prohibit pavement parking on designated lengths of highway or over a wide area.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 195400 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham