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1672975

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Old Oak Common Station: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the total cost of construction at Old Oak Common Great Western rail station, and (2) the total time for construction from the beginning of works to the opening of the station for passengers.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Old Oak Common is being designed and built as a single, integrated station, with a budget of £1.67bn (Q3 2019). There is no separate cost for the conventional station. Enabling Works at Old Oak Common started in 2018 and permanent works started in 2020. The station works will continue until opening for passenger services in 2029-2033. The total time is therefore between 11 and 15 years.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/12/2023 15:07:06 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1672976

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Old Oak Common Station: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the funding for Old Oak Common Great Western rail station comes from HS2 Ltd or Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The whole cost of the new Old Oak Common station is funded through HS2, including the station on the Great Western Main Line.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/12/2023 15:01:41 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1672977

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Old Oak Common Station: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government over what time periods rail services to and from Paddington Station will be disrupted due to construction for Old Oak Common Great Western station; and what alternative arrangements will be made for passengers.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Construction of the Old Oak Common conventional station will involve a number of partial and complete closures of the Great Western Main Line east of Ealing Broadway during the period up to 2030 which will impact passenger services and freight operations. My department is working with Network Rail, HS2 Ltd and the train operating companies to minimise the impacts of disruption, combining timing of works with other works planned on the route wherever possible, and ensure the continued operation of rail services.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/12/2023 15:01:24 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1672979

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Euston Station: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 27 November (HL339), why the steel sidebars on the disability buggies at Euston station were replaced in the last two weeks; what was the cost of installing the original ones and replacing them with the new ones; and who was responsible for making the decision on both sets of bars.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Following an incident involving a passenger on one of the buggies at Euston Station, Network Rail undertook a safety investigation. One of the outputs from the investigation was to ensure safety bars were present on all buggies. Network Rail found that the design of the bars caused issues for some passengers getting on and off the buggies. Therefore, Network Rail replaced them with the newly designed safety bars which allows more of the bar to be pushed back into its housing, resulting in more space for passengers to get on and off.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of installing the original bars and then replacing them with the new bars was £2617.20 excluding VAT. The decision for the bars to be replaced was made by the Route’s Head of Stations.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/12/2023 12:49:33 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1672760

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the distribution of electric vehicle charging points in rural areas, by (1) number per (a) area, or (b) village, (2) the number of villages that still lack any such facility, or (3) any other relevant metric.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>Data on public electric vehicle charging devices in the UK, held by the Department for Transport, is sourced from the electric vehicle charging platform Zapmap. Charging devices not recorded on Zapmap are not included and the correct number of charging devices may be higher than recorded in these figures.</p><p>As of 1 October 2023, there were 3,316 public charging devices in a rural village and dispersed setting in England.</p><p>There were a further 2,676 charging devices in rural towns, with a total number of 5,992 charging devices in rural areas in England as of 1st October 2023.</p><p>No further assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 05/12/2023 12:53:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1672505

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in putting an end to automated bots exploiting the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency driving test booking service by buying up appointments and reselling them at inflated prices, and ensuring a fair and transparent booking system for learner drivers.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that some companies have been using bots or third-party applications to snap up appointments on its public booking service, as soon as they become available, leaving fewer test appointments for genuine learner drivers to purchase directly from the DVSA.</p><p>These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA.</p><p>In January this year, the DVSA changed the terms and conditions for using the booking service to help prevent anyone from selling tests at profit. Since then, the DVSA has issued 192 warnings, 532 suspensions, and closed 438 businesses for misuse of its booking service.</p><p>To ensure its booking system is used correctly, the DVSA has also:</p><ul><li>stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service.</li><li>stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor.</li><li>removed registrations not linked to driving instructors.</li><li>reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6.</li></ul><p>Following these changes, there has been a significant drop in traffic to these services because the DVSA is successfully identifying and blocking apps or bots. However, these applications are constantly evolving and changing and the DVSA’s work on this is ongoing</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 05/12/2023 16:05:46 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1672060

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the incidence of HGVs hitting railway bridges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
uin	HL487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department has previously invested £3 million to help create a digital road map developed by Ordnance Survey for SatNavs, which includes information on height and weight restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department works with bridge owners, including Network Rail, to raise driver awareness of, and offer advice on, avoiding low bridges. It has published a suite of documents under ‘Prevention of bridge strikes: a good practice guide’ on the government website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 05/12/2023 15:39:51 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

1672069

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Systems: Community First Responders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) benefits, and (2) risks, associated with deploying drones as first responders; and what steps they will take to ensure the (a) secure, and (b) ethical, use of this technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the use of drones as first responders can save lives, time and valuable resources for public services. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulate the use of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (drones) to ensure the increased use of drones remains safe and secure. This includes assessing regulation around the appropriate handling of data privacy and assessing associated risks. Additional product requirements laid down in UK (EU) Delegated Regulation 2019/945 will come into effect from 01 January 2026, to introduce Remote ID, geo awareness, lighting and manufacturing standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 05/12/2023 12:53:20 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1671235

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusion of the report Getting the measure of transport poverty, published by the Social Market Foundation on 15 November, that investment in public transport is more beneficial to alleviating transport poverty than lowering the cost of driving.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The government has consistently invested in public transport, including through the most recent announcement of £150 million dedicated to levelling up bus services, with areas across the North and Midlands given extra support for services to become more frequent, more reliable, cheaper and easier to use.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 04/12/2023 16:51:26 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1670434

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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: Old Oak Common Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of expected journey times between the HS2 station at Old Oak Common and Tottenham Court Road Underground station via (1) the planned HS2 station at Euston and the Northern line, and (2) the Elizabeth line.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>We do not have modelled journey times from Old Oak Common to Tottenham Court Road as requested. The nearest station for which we have estimated journey times is Bond Street (see table below), with journey times broadly similar by either route . Estimated journey times comprise in-vehicle time, wait time and walking time.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Destination</p></td><td><p>From Old Oak Common via Elizabeth Line</p></td><td><p>From Old Oak Common via Euston on HS2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bond Street</p></td><td><p>24.8 mins</p></td><td><p>24.6 mins</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 22/11/2023 15:00:46 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley