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1190015

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Package Holidays: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government plans to take to support consumers who are eligible for a refund under the The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 and who have not received a refund within the legislative time limit of 14 days.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	39697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges businesses and consumers are experiencing regarding refunds for cancelled holidays and flights. Airlines are working hard to answer the high call volumes and to process the very large number of applications for refunds.</p><p> </p><p>The Government appreciates the distress and frustration consumers may be experiencing. The Department for Transport is in regular conversation with UK airlines and working closely with the sector, the regulator and consumer groups to help ensure airlines deliver on their commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Aviation Authority wrote to UK airlines and some non-EU carriers last week to emphasise their approach on the issue of refunds and setting out their expectation that airlines make refunds in a reasonable period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/04/2020 15:47:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1190172

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available for private coach companies during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
uin	39760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Last month the Chancellor announced £330 billion of guarantees, so businesses, such as coach operators, have access to the funds to pay essential bills. This includes the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has been extended until the end of June.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also asked local transport authorities outside London to continue to pay coach operators for home-to-school transport at pre-coronavirus level during the outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 29/04/2020 15:45:14 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1190202

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London have been made accessible under the Access for All programme; and by which Network Rail Control Period they became accessible in.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	39770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>In the majority of cases station accessibility in London is a matter for Transport for London. However, 42 London stations have been given step free access under the Department’s Access for All programme since 2006 with a further 19 due to be completed by 2024. In addition, all 41 Elizabeth Line stations will have step free access when the line opens.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 39771 39772 39773 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:18:20 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1190203

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London have been made accessible outside of the Access for All programme since 2006; and by which Network Rail Control Period they became accessible in.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	39771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>In the majority of cases station accessibility in London is a matter for Transport for London. However, 42 London stations have been given step free access under the Department’s Access for All programme since 2006 with a further 19 due to be completed by 2024. In addition, all 41 Elizabeth Line stations will have step free access when the line opens.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 39770 39772 39773 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:18:20 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1190204

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London are due to be made accessible under the Access for All programme during Network Rail Control Period 6.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	39772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>In the majority of cases station accessibility in London is a matter for Transport for London. However, 42 London stations have been given step free access under the Department’s Access for All programme since 2006 with a further 19 due to be completed by 2024. In addition, all 41 Elizabeth Line stations will have step free access when the line opens.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 39770 39771 39773 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:18:20 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1190206

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London are due to be made accessible outside of the Access for All programme during Network Rail Control Period 6.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	39773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>In the majority of cases station accessibility in London is a matter for Transport for London. However, 42 London stations have been given step free access under the Department’s Access for All programme since 2006 with a further 19 due to be completed by 2024. In addition, all 41 Elizabeth Line stations will have step free access when the line opens.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 39770 39771 39772 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:18:20 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1190207

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedicabs: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on regulating rickshaws and pedicabs in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	39774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Outside London, in England and Wales, pedicabs are treated as taxis for the purposes of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and Part II of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. Accordingly, pedicabs may be regulated as taxis under the provisions of the 1847 and 1976 Acts.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of concerns raised about unregulated pedicabs in London and as such, has committed to seek opportunities to introduce legislation that will enable the regulation of pedicabs.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 29/04/2020 15:58:16 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1190253

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Driving Instruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend compulsory basic training certificates for motorcycle riders during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	39656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is aware that the compulsory basic training certificate (CBT) for some people has already expired or is due to expire shortly and we are currently considering options on this matter. In the meantime, DVSA are prioritising motorcycle tests and CBT applications for workers whose jobs are critical to the coronavirus response as set out in government guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 29/04/2020 15:50:29 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1190257

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process the Government will use to decide which rail routes and stations closed after the Beeching report are re-opened; what the Government's timeframe is for that process; and if he will consider reopening (a) the Woodhead line, (b) the direct Derby to Manchester line (via Bakewell), and (c) Millhouses station in Sheffield, Hallam constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	39796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>This Government has been clear that our ambition is to level up local economies across the country, improving access to jobs and education and boosting the wider region. Improving connections across the rail network is obviously an integral part of that.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State wrote to all England and Wales MPs outlining the process and inviting them to contact him by 28 February if they wished to bid for the first round of study funding for schemes in their constituencies. Outline proposals needed to be submitted by 16 March for initial assessment.</p><p> </p><p>For those bids already put forward as part of the Beeching Ideas Fund – such as for the Derby to Manchester line – these are currently under consideration by the Panel of ministerial, local authority and rail industry representatives. We have adapted the process so it is consistent with the Government advice on COVID-19 and a virtual panel chaired by the Minister of State is examining bids on paper in the first instance. We are keeping applicants up-to-date on the timetable.</p><p> </p><p>For those who have not yet applied to the Ideas Fund there will be another round in June and another in the autumn. We published a progress update on gov.uk on 27 April and my department has written to all MPs about future rounds.</p><p> </p><p>For proposals for reopening or new stations that are sufficiently advanced the third round of the New Station Fund closes to applications on the 5 June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 29/04/2020 15:41:23 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1190279

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on long term rail passenger demand of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) suburban (b) inter-city rail, (c) light rail and (d) underground systems.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	39474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>This crisis will have a long-lasting impact on our society – but it is too early to predict what that may mean in practice. There are a number of factors that will determine the demand for these modes of transport, including when lockdown restrictions are lifted, the nature of social distancing guidelines put in place going forward, and how people’s attitudes towards travel may have changed.</p><p> </p><p>In the short term, we are working to ensure essential services are still running, and goods and passengers can get where they are needed most</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 29/04/2020 12:27:52 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar