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896360

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last audited the Civil Aviation Authority's airspace change process.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	140838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s independent airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), is responsible for its own airspace change process. However, the CAA is required to ensure that its airspace change process is consistent with the Government’s Air Navigation Guidance and Air Navigation Directions, as updated in October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Department continue to work closely with the CAA to ensure its compliance with both the Guidance and the Directions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2018 10:34:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

896376

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Spaceflight: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to issue space port licences for (a) horizontal and (b) vertical take off.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	140842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Royal Assent of the Space Industry Bill on 15 March 2018 was a major milestone in establishing the environment for safe, responsible and commercial spaceflight operations from UK spaceports. We are now working swiftly to put in place the detailed regulations, including licence requirements for spaceports and spaceflight operators. We opened a call for evidence on 27 March that will assist in formulating policy related to liability, insurance and charging; and are continuing to engage with prospective licensees. We are planning to publish and consult on the detailed regulations in 2019. Once the detailed licensing requirements are in place, it will enable companies to apply to become a licenced spaceport or spaceflight operator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/05/2018 16:17:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

896387

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training his Department has provided to (a) general civil servants, (b) fast stream civil servants and (c) senior civil servants on devolution and inter-governmental relations; how many such courses have taken place; and how many civil servants have attended such training courses in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	140631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>All civil servants at the Department for Transport are able to access online and face-to-face training on Devolution and Intergovernmental Working via the Civil Service Learning (CSL) portal.</p><p> </p><p>i) The <strong>online Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working module </strong>is for all new and existing civil servants, launched in November 2016. Through four online tutorials, video interviews with senior civil servants, and ‘take back to the office’ activities, it explains how the different governments operating in the UK work together, covering devolution settlements, decentralisation, City Deals and intergovernmental relations, as well as the ‘Devolution Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements’.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Online Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>ii) The <strong>half day face-to-face Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working workshop </strong>is also available to all civil servants. Building on the above online module, delegates learn from experienced professionals who have worked on a range of devolution matters about topics such as confidentiality, when to seek legal advice and the boundaries of devolution, where reserved and devolved powers meet.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Face-to-face Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both the online and face-to-face workshops are included in the recommended learning for all civil servants working in a role related to EU exit. The online learning is included in the new EU Essentials for Policy Professionals programme, for those new to policy making or the civil service; and the face-to-face workshop is included in the EU Policy Practitioner Programme for those with more policy experience. These programmes were launched in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>iii) Also available to civil servants are the <strong>EU exit: devolution settlements and intergovernmental working events. </strong>Delegates hear the views of Permanent Secretaries, and other senior civil servants from the devolved administrations and territorial offices, on intergovernmental relations within the current political climate.</p><p> </p><p>Fast Streamers at DfT are included in the central learning offer for the Fast Stream programme. Introduced in 2017 as part of <strong>Fast Stream policy learning</strong>, delegates take part in a Devolution workshop, which all brand new entrant centrally managed Fast Streamers attend as part of their Induction offer.</p><p> </p><p>Fast Streamers are also required to complete the online 'Devolution and Intergovernmental Working' e-learning product as mandatory e-learning within their first year on the Fast Stream programme.</p><p> </p><p>For the SCS, each nation of the UK leads and hosts an <strong>annual SCS conference </strong>to learn from each other and build networks across the Policy Profession. These have been held on 28/29 April 2016 in Cardiff, 20/21 April 2017 in Belfast (this included Irish Government Civil Servants too) and 26/27 April 2018 in Edinburgh. It will be for England to host in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/05/2018 14:55:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

896421

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303: Stonehenge
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 potential effect on the Blick Mead archaeological site of the proposed alterations to the A303 around Stonehenge.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	140843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Blick Mead is outside the existing highway boundary for the A303 and on land that will not be disturbed by the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Even so, Blick Mead is included in the extensive Heritage Impact Assessments that Highways England are carrying out to ensure the scheme brings benefits without creating an unacceptable impact on important local features.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the development of the scheme, Highways England have been carrying out hydro-geological modelling of groundwater flows. This suggests that there will not be any adverse effects on the Blick Mead spring. This finding has been reported in the scheme’s <a href="https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/a303-stonehenge-2018/supporting_documents/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Information%20Report_report%20only.pdf" target="_blank">Preliminary Environmental Information Report</a> (February 2018), which was issued as part of the public consultation material.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/05/2018 13:44:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

896425

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has set a publication date for the Pathway to Zero Emission Road Transport Strategy document.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	140537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>We will be publishing the zero emission road transport strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2018 14:22:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

895184

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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 are the estimated costs of compensating (1) passenger and freight operators, and (2) passengers, for the 227 weekend closures of the West Coast Main Line planned over a ten year period during the construction of HS2 Phases 1 and 2A; and whether those costs are included in the estimated construction costs of HS2.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd and Network Rail are working collaboratively to minimise the impact of the necessary works on the West Coast Main Line associated with the construction of HS2. The normal industry compensations process will be applied and compensations budgets are included in the current cost estimate for HS2.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/05/2018 13:45:02 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

895185

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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 whether the planned removal of spoil from the construction of Old Oak Common Station by 350 truck movements a day to Willesden for onward transport by rail complies with assurances given by HS2 that such truck movements would not exceed six per hour.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd.’s assessment is that their plans for truck movements to construct Old Oak Common Station is compliant with all undertakings and assurances provided by the Secretary of State for Transport during the Phase1 Hybrid Bill process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/05/2018 13:45:27 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

895191

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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 when they plan to publish the report on HS2 which was prepared by Sir Jeremy Heywood in 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
uin	HL7451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The report on HS2 prepared by the Cabinet Secretary is known as the Periodic Update and we have already made public the outcomes of this in the Phase 2b Financial Case, published in November 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/05/2018 13:46:00 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

895195

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Transport are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL7455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>All cloud services for the Department are delivered by multinational providers; one cloud service was previously delivered by British provider UKCloud (formerly Skyscape). The contract was with DVSA, and the value was £300,000 for the period July 2014 to June 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/05/2018 14:27:50 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

895292

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Leasing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of future vehicle leasing charges in the rail industry given the projected shortening of average vehicle life.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	140126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>It is for the train’s owners to take a view on the expected life of the trains and offer them to the market at competitive rates that ensure these assets are kept in service for their expected life.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/05/2018 13:49:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald