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228704

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel: Fires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 16 March (HL5636) whether the likely cause of the fire in the Channel Tunnel in January was an aerial on a lorry coming into contact with the overhead electric power equipment; and whether they consider that the fire could have been avoided if the lorry had been conveyed in a closed wagon.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>It would be premature to make any judgements around the causes of the fire until the independent statutory investigations by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) and its French counterpart, BEA-TT have been completed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 23/03/2015 13:55:51 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

227428

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether rolling stock for the Northern and TransPennine rail services will be subject to the residual value scheme established for that franchise.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The rolling stock for the current Northern and TransPennine rail services will not be subject to the residual value scheme established for that franchise.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/03/2015 13:55:19 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226841

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail North
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the amount that could be saved by Rail North adopting financial arrangements similar to those by which Transport Scotland is acquiring new rolling stock at advantageous prices by giving a residual guarantee that it will be used for franchises beyond that now in place.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>As set out in the March 2012 Rail Command Paper, the Government’s policy is for a market led approach to rolling stock with flexibility for bidders on the rolling stock solutions.</p><p> </p><p>The commercial and risk position of the ScotRail franchise is a matter for Transport Scotland. The relevant documents are commercially confidential between Transport Scotland and the franchisee and the Department for Transport is unable to comment on whether there is a price advantage as a result of the approach. Price is an important consideration for rolling stock procurement, as are risk transfer to the private sector and flexibility.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/03/2015 13:48:13 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226842

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Eurostar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in facilitating movement of new Eurostar trains between London and destinations other than those currently served.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of Eurostar’s plans for new services from London to Provence commencing May 2015 and new direct services from London to Amsterdam via Brussels stopping at Antwerp, Rotterdam and Schiphol Airport from December 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/03/2015 17:40:28 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226843

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel: Fires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the fire protection arrangements for lorries on shuttle trains using the Channel Tunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The fire protection arrangements for lorries on shuttle trains have been independently assessed and reviewed by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority (CTSA) following previous Tunnel fires and most recently following the serious fire of 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/03/2015 17:40:56 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226845

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Castle Line: Railway Signals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, to provide for future electrification, they intend to immunise the new signalling equipment when the railway line between Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln is re-signalled by 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The specification of signalling equipment that is placed on the network is for Network Rail to decide. It is not a role for Government. There are no funded plans to electrify this route and the rail industry has not identified electrification of the route as an investment priority.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 12:28:59 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226846

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Popat on 5 March (HL Deb, col 431) that enforcement of the law relating to HGVs in London involved 4,000 targeted stops resulting in the issuing of 2,000 roadworthiness prohibitions and more than 1,000 fixed penalty notices, detection of 1,500 drivers’ offences and seizure of over 50 vehicles, how many of those offences resulted in court appearances of the drivers or transport managers of the firms concerned; how many were fined; and how many received custodial sentences.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The imposition of a fixed penalty notice is a fixed tariff fine that provides an appropriate forfeit without the need for incurring the cost of a court appearance. So all of the fixed penalty notices represent fines. Likewise the roadworthiness prohibitions imposed all require a fee to be paid to remove them in addition to any cost incurred to address the faults that caused vehicle to be subjected to the embargo.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has not collected specific figures for court appearances and sentences related to offences detected by the taskforce.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 12:29:34 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

224965

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 24 February (HL4951), whether, before delivery of the Intercity Express Programme, the operators will be able to specify the interior layouts to optimise their appeal to the passenger market.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>Train operators have already helped to specify the interior of the new Inter City Express trains. The Department for Transport, Hitachi and Agility Trains continue to work very closely with them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 11/03/2015 14:31:15 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

223418

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 13 February (HL4676), what is the difference in the total volume of luggage space in an InterCity Express train saloon and the current Mk4 carriages in use on the East Coast Main Line.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The provision for luggage in the InterCity Express Programme, passenger saloon has 2 x luggage stacks as well as a overhead luggage shelf, which compares favourably with the current Mk4. The InterCity Express interiors, including luggage provision, have been designed flexibly so they can be changed to meet changing market requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/03/2015 15:30:53 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

223419

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 27 January (HL4314), what they have done to integrate security arrangements with the creation of more passenger-friendly environments at major transport interchanges.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The creation of more passenger-friendly environments at major transport interchanges can improve passengers’ sense of security through for example better lighting, more information and retail outlets. It is important that all those responsible for the security arrangements at the interchange work together closely to ensure that these are as seamless and integrated as possible. At many major locations there are regular meetings where the British Transport Police (BTP) works in close partnership with local authorities, transport organisations and retailers to share intelligence and plan patrol strategies. The BTP also uses an evidence-based patrol strategy to help identify hot-spot crime locations within the interchange environment and has invested in training its front line staff so that they have the skills to challenge long-term structural or environmental issues which can allow crime to develop within a specific area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 02/03/2015 14:39:55 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw