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1174926

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
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 22 January 2020 to Question 4757, whether he plans to publish the full findings of the research commissioned by his Department on the investment needed to deliver Government cycling and walking targets; and what additional investment his Department plans to allocate to meet those targets.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	10391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The research has been completed and the Department is planning to publish the technical report, which summarises the key evidence considered, alongside the first report on progress made towards delivering the aims and ambitions set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS). The levels of investment for cycling and walking in future years will be matters for the forthcoming Budget and Spending Review, further details of which will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 07/02/2020 14:05:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1174204

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to privatise heavy goods vehicle testing stations.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	9654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency puts its customers at the heart of all the services it provides. The agency keeps its operational estate under continuous review to ensure it delivers the highest level of service most efficiently.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/02/2020 15:23:42 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1174265

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Boats: River Thames
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on (a) low carbon river transport in London and (b) the role of older passenger boats on the River Thames in transporting tourists to attractions at (a) Kew, (b) Richmond and (c) Hampton Court.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved and the responsibility of the Mayor and Transport for London. It is for the Mayor to take decisions relating to River Thames operations and transport services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/02/2020 14:48:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1174336

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase bus use in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	9592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The bus market outside London is deregulated and decisions regarding service provision are primarily a commercial matter for bus operators. The Bus Services Act 2017 provides the tools local authorities need to improve local bus services and increase passenger numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to see a long term, sustained improvement in bus services. On 30 September last year, the Government announced that it will develop a national bus strategy for England, to underpin that ambition. Further details on this will be announced in due course. Alongside the commitment to a national strategy, we announced a package of measures worth £220 million, to transform bus services across the country. Those measures include creating ‘Superbus’ networks with higher frequencies and lower fares, trialling demand-responsive transport solutions in rural and suburban areas, and creating an all-electric bus town or city. We will shortly seek expressions of interest for those funds. We will also provide an extra £30 million in 2020/21 for local authorities, including the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, to improve current supported bus services and to restore lost bus services where most needed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also continues to support bus services through the Bus Service Operator’s Grant (BSOG). £250m of BSOG payments are made to bus operators and local authorities. Bus operators and community transport organisations in the North West were paid a total of £28,029,122 BSOG in 2018-19 to help meet some of their fuel costs in running local bus services. Local authorities within the North West received a total of £7,896,387 in BSOG during 2018-19 to support subsidised local bus services. In addition to this a further £13,150,811 was devolved to Great Manchester Combined Authority for services running within the Greater Manchester area.</p><p> </p><p>BSOG spend figures are published on Gov.uk and can be found via this link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding</a>. There are no specific figures for Wallasey, which is within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wirral" target="_blank">Metropolitan Borough of Wirral</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/02/2020 17:21:21 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1174338

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail services in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	9593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>In response to passengers’ needs, Northern introduced, in the December 2019 timetable, an extension of the Alderley Edge to Southport route which now takes customers into Manchester Piccadilly. It also secured a recent agreement with ASLEF to improve the reliability of Sunday services which will significantly reduce cancellations in the North West. Also, in December, Trans-Pennine Express (TPE) introduced a brand new service between Liverpool and Glasgow with three services running in each direction every day.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of new trains by both TPE and Northern also means an improved customer experience and faster journey times, connecting passengers to cities across the network.</p><p> </p><p>Trains services in the Wirral and Wallasey are provided by Merseyrail, the management of which is a devolved responsibility of Liverpool City Region.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/02/2020 16:13:12 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1174399

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has requested that retired East Coast High Speed Trains are not scrapped by the franchise owners; and whether he has concluded discussions with franchisees on the redeployment of East Coast High Speed trains to the CrossCountry franchise.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The future deployment of High Speed Trains (HSTs) previously leased by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a matter for the rolling stock owners to determine. This may include agreeing a lease with another party.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/02/2020 16:15:09 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1173899

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the new spending on re-opening historic railway lines announced on 28 January will (a) apply to England only and (b) result in Barnett consequentials for the devolved administrations.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	8970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government’s announcement is for £500m funding to support railway re-openings within the territory for which it has funding responsibility (England and Wales). It has no immediate implications for DfT’s spending limits, and therefore none for funding of railways in the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The final profile and exact funding arrangements for the reversing Beeching Fund have not yet been agreed. Final decisions on funding will be made at the Spending Review in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Government is clear about the benefit of pan UK connections. For example, elsewhere in the United Kingdom the Government is supporting the examination of the potential reopening of the Edinburgh- Carlisle ‘Waverley line’ as part of the Borders Growth Deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/02/2020 14:42:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1171780

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to comply with International Maritime Organisation protocols that require ships to purify their ballast water to prevent the arrival of invasive species, including (1) Chinese mitten crabs, (2) Portuguese oysters, and (3) zebra mussels, in ships’ ballast tanks.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is currently developing the UK legislative package to enable the UK to accede to the International Convention on the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments by Summer 2020 with implementing legislation in place by Autumn 2020.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 28/01/2020 14:05:01 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1175136

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Isles of Scilly
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the difference in carbon footprint of using a ship versus aircraft for travel to and from the Isles of Scilly.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made by the Government on the difference in carbon footprint of using a ship versus aircraft for travel to and from the Isles of Scilly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 03/02/2020 17:48:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1175141

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for a Scotland to the West Country Sleeper service to improve inter-regional connectivity.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>No assessment of such a service has been made, but my Department would be happy to discuss the case with the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 03/02/2020 17:32:50 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw