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931608

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are recruiting a Head of Aviation EU Exit Negotiations to be responsible for the "overall negotiating position on aviation” while “establishing, leading and managing the core aviation negotiating team” two years after the UK decided to leave the EU; when the successful candidate is expected to be announced and to start work; and what it is hoped they will achieve in the final months of negotiations in the aviation sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has, and has had for the past two years, sufficient resource and the relevant expertise dedicated to working on aviation EU Exit issues.</p><p> </p><p>We are now responsibly looking to supplement this team with some additional posts to maintain that sufficiency, as the workload is likely to increase in a particular area, owing to the forthcoming start of the formal Future Economic Partnership negotiations. Our EU Exit plans are expansive and well developed; we will be well placed to deliver a successful aviation outcome for the UK from the negotiations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/07/2018 11:11:27 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

931609

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in respect of the power supply demands of HS2, whether HS2 Ltd has applied to National Grid for such a supply; what capital cost contribution is required by the supplier; whether the cost of the extra generating capacity required and supply costs will be met by enhanced tariff charges; and to what extent those costs are included in the HS2 budget of £24.1 billion at 2013 prices.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has applied for power supplies in respect of traction power demand and has signed both Construction and Connection agreements with National Grid for the provision of traction power supplies. All capital costs are included in HS2 Ltd funding envelope.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 10/07/2018 15:41:57 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

931610

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the cost of one or more traction maintenance facilities for HS2 rolling stock are included in the overall HS2 budget; and if so, where and to what level.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The maintenance facilities for HS2 rolling stock and train borne signalling equipment is included as part of HS2 Ltd funding envelope. They are included in packages for ongoing Phase One procurements, as such, the proposed costings are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 10/07/2018 15:42:31 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

931611

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the costs of the 561 packages of enabling works for HS2 construction works are located in the overall cost estimate; for how many of those are the necessary land and property agreements complete; and whether their completion is in line with the overall construction programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Early Works Contractors bring forward requests for land access and possessions on a continuous basis. The majority of requests from Early Works Contractors relate to access for surveys rather than requests for land possession, which may require acquisition of land and property. There are different lead times for different types of access or possession and different arrangements put in place depending upon the nature of the access or the acquisition<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 10/07/2018 15:43:30 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

931612

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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
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 Sugg on 6 June (HL8406), whether the economic case for HS2, to be published in 2019 as part of the Full Business Case for Phase One, will include any increases in the capital cost budget above the £24.1 billion at 2013 prices that was presented to Parliament for the High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill as a result of (1) responses from suppliers and contractors, (2) additional costs of land and property costs and compensation and enabling works, and (3) any update on the likely traffic and revenue from the trains using the completed line; and under what economic circumstances they would review the need for the project, its scope and construction time scale.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The Full Business Case for HS2 Phase One to be published in 2019 will be based upon the latest available total cost estimate for the Phase One scheme. This cost estimate will be informed by supplier feedback where contracts have been awarded and will reflect expenditure to date and projected income and maintenance costs. Where contracts have not yet been awarded (e.g. railway systems, rolling stock) HS2 Ltd estimates will be used.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s business case appraisal regime means that the Full Business Case will be a robust and comprehensive assessment of the Phase One scheme in terms of its value for money, achievability, deliverability, strategic value and affordability. In respect to affordability we are determined that the Phase One scheme will be delivered within the funding envelope of £27.18bn (including rolling stock and in 2015 prices).</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 10/07/2018 15:43:13 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

931613

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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
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 Sugg on 9 April (HL6750), whether they will commission an independent study of the options for operating Pendolino trains on HS2 during the period before Phase 2B is complete, to consider (1) the speeds at which they are able to operate, (2) the capacity of HS2 in this period, and (3) comparisons between the speed of tilting Pendolinos on the winding route north of Preston with the non-tilting HS2 trains, so that a comparative cost and benefit estimate can be produced.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd. is currently procuring a new high speed train fleet for Phase 1. HS2 Ltd. has extensively considered the rolling stock requirements to deliver the full benefits of the HS2 business case, taking account of journey times, capacity and cost, and concluded that a high-speed, conventional-compatible fleet represents the best value for money option. HS2 Ltd.’s work has been subject to rigorous assurance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 10/07/2018 15:43:48 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

930892

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	May 2018 Rail Timetable Implementation Independent Inquiry
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 potential conflict of interest that may arise from the chair of the board of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), Stephen Glaister, being appointed as the chair of the independent inquiry into the disruption caused by the changes in rail timetables in May; how the appointment of Mr Glaister to the inquiry relates to the ORR’s (1) responsibility to oversee the effectiveness of rail timetables, and (2) draft determination on Network Rail’s Control Period 6 which endorses the System Operator timetable process model.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not consider a conflict of interest arises from the role of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in this inquiry, or the role of Professor Glaister, who has a distinguished record in the transport sector. ORR is the independent regulator for the rail sector. As a public body independent of government, the ORR is answerable to Parliament. It is established by statute, and operates under a legislative framework that assures its independence from both government and the rail companies that it regulates. The government has asked the ORR to conduct the inquiry within this framework, which assures the independence of this work.</p><p> </p><p>In undertaking this work, ORR will be supported by an expert panel of independent advisers. This will be one of the means to ensure the ORR’s own role as regulator of Network Rail and the train operating companies has been properly assessed by the Inquiry, notwithstanding its regulatory work in other areas, such as timetabling and the draft determination for Control Period 6.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 09/07/2018 12:36:57 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

930893

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	EU Agency for Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 22 June (HL8486), how they intend to work with the European Agency for Rail after the UK leaves the EU on issues such as standards.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK rail industry has played a leading role in the development of international rail standards and safety regimes. We fully expect this to continue once we have left the EU and it is in all of our interests that it does given the importance of these areas. The exact nature of the UK’s relationship with the EU on rail, including with the European Agency for the Railways, is a matter for discussion with the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/07/2018 11:11:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

927313

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: EU Action
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Transport on 14 June (HCWS765), whether they will place in the library of the House a copy of the EU Presidency's progress report on the revised passengers' rights and obligations Regulation; and whether they intend the UK to comply with the Regulation after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>A copy of the progress report will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p>On the assumption that the Regulation is adopted and takes effect before the end of the Implementation Period, the rules will become applicable in UK law. It should be noted that many aspects of UK rail passenger rights already go beyond the minimum EU requirements, providing comprehensive protection for passengers. These protections will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/07/2018 13:38:08 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

927314

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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
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 effect of the eight month extension for the HS2 civils design may have on the overall construction programme and cost estimate for Phase 1.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is the procurement authority for the Main Works Civils contracts and manages the delivery of milestones within the controls set out by the Department in the Development Agreement and the Framework Document. Following consideration of supplier feedback, the HS2 Ltd Board has recently decided to move the date of Notice to Proceed from 1 March 2019 to 1 June 2019 in order to provide suppliers with additional time to optimise their designs.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd’s latest advice to Government is that Phase One remains on track to deliver HS2 services by 2026 and within the agreed funding envelope, in accordance with the Sponsors’ Requirements as set out in the Development Agreement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/07/2018 13:38:58 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley