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1169435

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date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report on HS2 published by Lord Berkeley on 5 January 2020, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the accuracy of the estimated cost benefit ratio of between 0.6 and 1 and (b) the value for money of the estimated cost of £107billion at 2019 detailed in that report.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	1358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State commissioned the Oakervee Review to provide advice on how and whether to proceed with HS2, including examining the project’s costs and benefit. Doug Oakervee’s report will inform our assessment of the estimated cost if the Government decided to proceed. We will of course give appropriate consideration to Lord Berkeley’s personal views.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/01/2020 16:28:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1169436

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport of 10 July 2019, official report, column 203-204WH, what the (a) budget and (b) timetable is for extending High Speed Two to Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	1359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>As currently planned, HS2 trains will run directly to Scotland via a connection to the West Coast Mainline, improving journey times with London. The Department for Transport has been working closely with Transport Scotland and Network Rail to look at further options which, subject to having a good business case, could further improve journey times. In August 2019 the Prime Minister asked Doug Oakervee to chair an independent review of HS2 to provide advice on how and whether to proceed. The Government will set out the next steps for High Speed 2 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/01/2020 16:12:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1169437

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
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 implications for his policies of the findings in sections 7.6 and 7.7 of the report on HS2 published by Lord Berkeley on 5 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	1360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government commissioned Doug Oakervee to provide advice on how and whether to proceed with HS2 and his report will inform our decisions. We will of course give appropriate consideration to Lord Berkeley’s personal views.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/01/2020 09:54:47 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1169438

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Freight
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 implications for his policies on High Speed Two of the National Infrastructure Commission’s Report entitled Better Delivery: the challenge for freight, published in April 2019; whether High Speed Two will deliver the required additional capacity for future growth in freight; and what costed alternatives to High Speed Two his Department assessed to deliver similar future freight capacity.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	1361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Government is considering the recommendations of the National Infrastructure Commission’s study on the future of freight (Better Delivery: The Challenge for Freight, April 2019) and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>By replacing long distance passenger trains that currently run on the existing railway, HS2 will release spare capacity, particularly on the southern part of the West Coast Main Line. Subject to the outcome of the Oakervee Review and decisions by Government on whether and how to proceed with HS2, DfT expects to publish a Full Business Case which includes an assessment of the implications of HS2 for the freight industry.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/01/2020 16:24:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1169459

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans to publish the Oakervee Review into High Speed Two.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made clear its intentions to publish the report of the Oakervee review and the Transport Secretary has met Doug Oakervee to discuss the review. The Government will set out the next steps for High Speed 2 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/01/2020 13:18:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1169467

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of street lighting on trends in the level of road traffic accidents.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	1375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>It is for each highway authority responsible for street lighting in their area to decide the level of service they wish their street lighting network to deliver. No assessment has been made by the Department for Transport on the effects of street lighting with regard to the trend in road traffic accidents. Statistics on personal injury road accidents reported to the police, published by the Department for Transport, show that of the reported accidents in darkness in Great Britain in 2018, 72% occurred with lights lit, compared with 18% where there was no lighting provision, 3% with lights unlit and 7% with lighting unknow. It is important that highway authorities consider safety, cost and environmental savings before determining their lighting provision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/01/2020 09:52:50 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1169472

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Drinking Water
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 ensure the provision of water fountains at UK airports to reduce reliance on single-use plastic bottles.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	1380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of making drinking water more readily available in public places, as a means of reducing single-use plastic bottles. As laid out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, and Resource and Waste Strategy we are already taking action in this area. The Government has encouraged retailers, coffee shops and transport hubs, including airports, to provide tap water to support refilling water bottles.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/01/2020 09:57:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1169080

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Lancashire
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 economic benefits to Burnley of improvements to rail connectivity in and around the East Lancashire area; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	1032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government supported the reopening of the Todmorden Curve in 2015 which has allowed a new faster and direct train service between Manchester Victoria and Burnley, opening up job prospects and tourist and leisure opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Work is progressing to assess the potential role of a re-opened Skipton-Colne rail line to deliver real benefits for passengers in East Lancashire, freight users and the local economy to complement the initial Strategic Outline Business Case completed in December 2018. These will inform the Government’s decision as to whether a reinstatement scheme should progress to the ‘develop’ stage of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>More widely, to help communities both in East Lancashire and across the country, we have pledged £500m to start reopening lines closed following the Beeching report.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/01/2020 15:03:48 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1169082

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list (a) the members of the HS2 Review Board who attended Board meetings of HS2 Ltd, (b) the dates of those Board meetings and (c) whether those members attended the whole of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>a) The Chair of the Independent Review of HS2 Doug Oakervee and two of members of the Review Secretariat attended one HS2 Ltd board meeting b) which took place on 25 September 2019 to c) discuss one agenda item. They did not attend the whole of the meeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/01/2020 17:11:47 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1169083

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Board minutes for HS2 Ltd have not been published since the September 2019 meeting; and if he will publish them immediately.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd are required to publish Board minutes within three months of the board meeting being held. The minutes from the September 2019 meeting have been published and are available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/850254/190925_HS2_Board_Minutes.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/850254/190925_HS2_Board_Minutes.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The minutes from meetings since September will be published and made available via the company’s website as usual.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/01/2020 16:19:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan