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101981

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Traffic Lights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Report, The Operation of Traffic Signals during Low Demand Periods, published in October 2012, what trials to turn off traffic lights during such periods proposed by local authorities have taken place; what the findings were of those trials; and whether his Department has issued any further guidance on this matter.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The operation of traffic lights is a matter for local authorities. Part-time operation is already possible, but an authority would need to carefully consider the possible impacts, particularly on road safety.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not carried out any trials of turning off traffic lights during low demand periods, and to date it has not been approached by any local authorities wishing to carry out such a trial.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not issued any further guidance on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/11/2014 15:27:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

101983

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department spent on consultants on electrification in financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department commissioned technical and engineering advice from consultants in respect of electrification in 2013/14 and 2014/15.</p><p>£38,717.28 (including VAT) was spent in the financial year 2013/14.</p><p>£104,400.00 (including VAT) has been spent to date in 2014/15.</p><p>In addition, a research project was carried out in 2010 looking at electrification of Branch Lines with a value of £35,000.00</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/11/2014 15:26:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

101989

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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, what the costs of administering each franchise of the Direct Awards programme are.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The costs of the 4 most recently-completed Direct Award projects have been as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Northern £1.536million</p><p>Greater Anglia £1.088million</p><p>West Coast £ 0.842million</p><p>Southeastern £ 0.918million</p><p> </p><p>In Total: £ 4.384million</p><p> </p><p>These figures include staff costs, advisers, “non-pay” administrative costs (for example, IT facilities, training and travel expenses) and VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/11/2014 15:35:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

101990

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what works will be required to overhead wiring south of Bedford as a result of the Midland Main Line electrification programme.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Midland Mainline is already electrified from London to Bedford. Work to improve resilience has already begun to prepare the route south of Bedford for the greater number of trains that will run and the higher speeds of the intercity electric trains. This work includes upgrading power supplies and other components.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/11/2014 15:28:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

101991

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Directly Operated Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Directly Operated Railways' staff numbers and overall budget are projected to be in each year between 2013-14 and 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Directly Operated Railways’ (DOR) staff numbers were 12 (8.3 FTE) in 2013/14 and are forecast to be 6 (3.5 FTE) at the end of 2014/15.</p><p /><p>DOR’s gross costs were £3.65 million in 2013/14 and are forecast to be £2.06 million in 2014/15. These costs are met by a combination of management charges to their subsidiary company (East Coast) and charges to the Department for Transport in respect of work undertaken on the rail franchising programme.</p><p /><p>No forecasts are available beyond 31 March 2015 at present as the future activities of the company will be reviewed following the sale of the East Coast business later this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/11/2014 15:24:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

101992

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what premises officials in his Department are working on High Speed (a) 2 and (b) 3; what the square footage is of each premises; and what the annual cost per square foot of each premises is.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>High Speed Rail Group occupy approximately 510 square metres of the third floor Great Minster House (GMH). The cost per square metre in GMH is £850 per annum including VAT. Therefore, the total cost of our accommodation in GMH is £433,500 per annum. The main point to note is that we do not pay for any of this accommodation because it is part of the Department for Transport (DfT) overheads and the Building Services do not recharge any part of DfT for such provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/11/2014 16:50:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

100039

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Exeter
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total estimated cost of the works near Cowley Bridge to improve the resilience of the railway by removing three weirs from the River Exe, and what funding the Environment Agency is contributing to the works.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail has allocated £13.4million from the geo-environmental resilience programme. Their preferred option involves the removal of three weirs close to Stafford's bridge and Cowley bridge.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency are not providing financial assistance with the scheme, but support the scheme as it complements their Exeter Flood defence scheme and their general approach of returning rivers to their natural states.</p><p> </p><p>Over the coming months, Network Rail will work with the Environment Agency to work out how they deliver the scheme collaboratively.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 04/11/2014 16:52:31 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

100047

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	European Rail Traffic Management System
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their latest cost estimates for the installation of the European Rail Traffic Management System in each cab of United Kingdom trains.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Our estimates are based upon information and assessments carried out by industry, who have used data from UK and EU deployments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government uses these estimates as a benchmark only, to be used during the evaluation of those new passenger franchises affected by the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) deployment. As this information is used in commercial competitions, it would not be appropriate to put this in the public domain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 04/11/2014 13:47:56 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

100067

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have a policy of encouraging rail operators to convert first class carriages to standard class.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Government specifies high level capacity requirements and expects the industry to determine appropriate operational solutions based on local demand to deliver these requirements. Where appropriate, this may include providing additional seating capacity in standard class carriages through conversion of first class carriages. While it is not our general policy to require operators to convert first class carriages to standard class, the Government would expect operators to consider the appropriate mix of standard and first class provision in meeting local demand for their services. In the case of the recent Virgin West Coast and First Great Western Direct Awards, the Government has contracted with the operators to provide additional capacity in this way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 04/11/2014 13:47:05 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

100581

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
	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 cost difference between electrifying both the main and relief lines between Severn Tunnel Junction and Cardiff, and electrifying the main lines only.
	tabling member printed	Lord German
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The scope is to wire the mains lines and the relief’s lines therefore no assessment has been undertaken on the cost difference.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 04/11/2014 13:48:45 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German