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106367

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department and agencies are taking to ensure alternative provision for people unable or unwilling to use digital services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	213231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department remains committed to providing multiple channels for access to its services to ensure they are available to people who remain either unable or unwilling to use digital services. It does so whilst being mindful of reducing the cost to taxpayers by encouraging the take-up of digital services to as wide a group of users as possible. It does this by making them as easy-to-use as possible in conformance with the Government Digital Service’s Digital-by-Default Service Standard published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Before going live every Digital by Default Service developed by the Department for Transport is also required to make sure appropriate Assisted Digital (AD) support is in place to extend the reach of digital services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/11/2014 10:23:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

106368

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reasons his Department specified only two of the four available levels of catering provision for the mock-ups of Intercity Express Programme train sets inspected by bidders and others stakeholders.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Mrs Linda Riordan
uin	213241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The two levels of catering specified by the Department for Transport were those chosen by the train operators who are closest to their customers requirements. The train operators continue to be fully engaged in the design of the train.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/11/2014 11:21:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1525 label Biography information for Mrs Linda Riordan

106369

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the fleet of trains his Department has procured through the Intercity Express Programme for service on the (a) Great Western and (b) East Coast Main Lines are fitted with the full catering provision of galley kitchen, restaurant service, at-seat first class service with meals cooked on board, re-generated meals served at-seat, buffet and trolley service.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Mrs Linda Riordan
uin	213212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The train operators have been fully engaged in the design of the Intercity Express Programme trains and will chose the catering solutions that they feel best suits their customer needs.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/11/2014 11:17:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1525 label Biography information for Mrs Linda Riordan

106370

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the likely effect on rail (a) guards, (b) maintenance and (c) catering jobs from the introduction of the Intercity Express Programme fleet on the (i) Great Western and (ii) East Coast Main Lines.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Mrs Linda Riordan
uin	213213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Decisions on staffing arrangements on the Great Western and East Coast Main Lines are a matter for the Train Operating Company (TOC) and Hitachi.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/11/2014 11:19:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1525 label Biography information for Mrs Linda Riordan

106371

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail (a) guards, (b) maintenance and (c) catering jobs will be created on the (i) Great Western and (ii) East Coast Main Lines as a result of the procurement of new rolling stock through the Intercity Express Programme.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Mrs Linda Riordan
uin	213214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>This will be a matter for the train operators on the Great Western and East Coast Main Lines.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/11/2014 11:20:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1525 label Biography information for Mrs Linda Riordan

106460

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Noise
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 ensure that motorways violating EU noise emissions are resolved within a two-year timescale; and if he will take steps to speed-up the resurfacing work on the areas of M27 between Fareham and Eastleigh.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Thornton
uin	213413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The European Noise Directive requires Member States to produce noise maps and noise action plans every five years, which have been produced by Defra. The European Noise Directive does not set any noise limits and there are no ‘EU noise emissions’ for motorways or other roads to violate.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency has informed me that due to the various road surface materials along the M27 between Eastleigh and Fareham, resurfacing of the road is a complex operation and it is not possible to bring the scheme forward. Resurfacing is carried out for maintenance reasons and this work is not expected to be required until 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 10/11/2014 13:09:56 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4273 label Biography information for Mr Mike Thornton

106462

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
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 4 November 2014 to Question 212594, what the cost has been of each (a) direct award and (b) franchise extension since September 2012.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	213446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The costs of negotiating the Direct Awards and Franchise Extensions since September 2012 are shown in the table below. Except where noted, figures include staff costs, advisers and “non-pay” administrative costs (for example, IT facilities, training and travel expenses). All figures include VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Franchise</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£K)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Comments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Coast (2012)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>See Note 1 below</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C2C</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>Estimated adviser costs – staff costs and “non-pay” not included – see Note 2 below</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Capital Connect</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>Staff costs and “non-pay” not included – see Note 2 below</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western</p><p>(First Direct Award)</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>Estimated adviser costs – staff costs and “non-pay” not included – see Note 2 below</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>1,536</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Anglia</p></td><td><p>1,088</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Coast (2014)</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southeastern</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 1: The bulk of the costs relating to the 2012 West Coast franchise extension were charged to the re-franchising project and have not been scored separately.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 2: The initial Direct Awards (C2C, First Capital Connect and Great Western First Direct Award) were negotiated using resources redirected from elsewhere in the Department. We therefore have limited specific information relating to the costs of negotiating these deals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/11/2014 10:37:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

105774

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what savings they have made from alliances between passenger train operators and Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail’s Strategic Business Plan for the period 2014-2019 concluded that savings of between £438m and £1,128m could be made from closer working between Network Rail and Train Operators. The Department for Transport and the Office of Rail Regulation will be monitoring progress made towards securing these efficiencies as Control Period 5 progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:48:34 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

106095

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what function the National Maritime Intelligence Organisation's Vessels of Interest (VOI) list performs in alerting ports to ships with potential cases of Ebola onboard; and how many ships have been listed on the VOI list in the last two months because of possible Ebola cases.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	213173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) is reporting to interested government departments the movement and expected arrival information of vessels that have been in ports or anchorages in Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone within the Ebola incubation period (21 days). This information is made available to the ports and shipping communities, including port health authorities.</p><p> </p><p>There are six ships on the current Vessels of Interest (VoI) list which have, within the last 21 days, visited ports in the three countries affected by the Ebola outbreak. A total of 67 VoIs has been identified in the last two months. Most of these vessels have not called at a UK port but were rather travelling to neighbouring countries. Of these vessels, none have been identified as having any symptoms of Ebola like virus on board.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/11/2014 14:28:16 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

106096

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has produced for people working in port pilotage on protocol for dealing with ships entering the UK from regions affected by the Ebola virus.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	213174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>In October 2014, guidance titled &quot;West Africa Ebola Outbreak – Guidance to UK Ports and Shipping Operators&quot; was produced in consultation with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s medical advisor and Public Health England. Work on additional guidance, which is being produced in consultation with Public Health England, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and industry has been under way for some time, and I have asked for this to be made available as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/11/2014 14:29:09 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden