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998897

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date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	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 Baroness Sugg on 29 October (HL10683), what representations they are making to the Office of Rail and Road, as part of the ongoing regulatory periodic review, regarding the case for operators to make best use of track by providing most seats for each path used.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL11150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Government has made extensive representations to the Office of Rail and Road as part of the Periodic Review 2018 process, which concluded on 31 October with the publication of the Final Determination. This has included the publication of the High Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available. Government has not, however, made specific, prescriptive representations to the effect that it expects operators to maximise the number of seats for each train path. Government has instead taken an outcomes-based approach, focussing on the outcomes that matter most to passengers and freight users, including safety, reliability and capacity, with the responsibility being on the industry to deliver these.</p><p> </p><p>Government’s representations to the Office of Rail and Road, including its response to the Draft Determination, which was published on 23 August 2018, have stressed that Government places great importance on better using and improving the capacity of the network, including by strengthening the System Operator, which provides advice on the better use of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>As the Periodic Review relates to funding and outputs for rail infrastructure, most decisions regarding the utilisation of capacity on the network and increases in seat numbers are made through the Department for Transport’s franchising programme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2018 16:08:39 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

998922

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East West Rail 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 22 October (HL10506), why work to assess the contribution of the East West Rail programme to both regional and national economic growth has not yet been completed; and when it will be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL11171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The newly created East West Railway Company is in the process of evaluating the economic benefits of the railway. We expect an economic assessment of the next phase of the project, between Bicester and Bedford, to be published in the coming months. Analysis on the Central Section, between Bedford and Cambridge, is also being progressed. East West Railway Company is planning to hold a public consultation on route options for the Central Section in the early part of next year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2018 16:07:06 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

998924

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Flood Control
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 23 October (HL10503), what new flood resilience schemes are planned in (1) Somerset, (2) Devon, and (3) Cornwall, for each of the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL11173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail’s CP6 delivery plan, which will cover 2019-2024, is due to be published in March 2019, and will cover new flood resilience schemes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2018 16:11:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

998927

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail 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 29 October, on what date the Secretary of State was first made aware, either formally or informally, that the opening of Crossrail was likely to be delayed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL11175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Crossrail Board took the decision to delay the opening of the Elizabeth line central section between Paddington and Abbey Wood on Wednesday 29<sup>th</sup> August 2018. Crossrail Limited notified the Secretary of State of that decision on Thursday 30th August 2018. Crossrail Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transport for London.</p><p> </p><p>As reported in the Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) of 24 July 2018, the Department was aware that there were increasing challenges with regard to the project schedule and the Department was monitoring project delivery very closely. At the time of the WMS, Crossrail Limited were reporting that the December 2018 opening was deliverable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2018 16:07:37 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

997071

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	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 24 October (HL10536), whether they plan to reduce the time by which local authorities should achieve compliance with NOX emissions targets.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL11075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has required local authorities to develop local plans and implement them at pace so that air quality limits are achieved within the shortest possible time. This is set out in our 2017 UK Plan to Tackle Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2018 16:20:58 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

995639

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make further funding available to local authorities to maintain local roads and repair potholes.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL11064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget 2018 that a further £420 million is being made available to local highway authorities in England, outside London, to maintain their local road network, including the repair of potholes. This funding is in addition to just over £6 billion which the Government is allocating to highway authorities for local highway maintenance from 2015 to 2021.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/11/2018 14:50:54 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

994711

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase the level of funding allocated through their Road Investment Strategy to widen any 3-lane highways which have been found to be dangerous.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL11027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Safety is the first responsibility for both the Department and Highways England, and one of the key aims Her Majesty’s Government has set for both the Road Investment Strategy 1 and Road Investment Strategy 2. An affordable, deliverable investment plan that meets the Government’s objectives for RIS2 is under development, and final decisions will be announced in 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/11/2018 14:42:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

994349

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Rail Franchise
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 22 October (HL10462), whether they will put in place short term temporary arrangements to deal with overcrowding across the Cross Country Trains network.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL10993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is considering a number of different rolling stock options, to reduce overcrowding in both the short and long term, but it is too early, at present, to say what the detail of that will be.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/11/2018 15:41:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

994350

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gatwick Airport Station
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 22 October (HL10461), how much they have spent on the Gatwick Airport railway station since 2013; and how much Gatwick Airport has contributed towards this.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL10994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have funded day to day expenditure on the station which is not immediately quantifiable. Since 2013, more than £11.6 million has been spent on developing the Gatwick Airport Station enhancement scheme, funded by the Department for Transport and Gatwick Airport Ltd (GAL). If the enhancement scheme proceeds, GAL will make an additional funding contribution to the construction costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/11/2018 16:45:40 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

994359

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Transport for London about when the closure of sections of Chelsea Embankment to traffic is likely to end.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL11003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and delivered by Transport for London (TfL). The Government has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, road closures and traffic management on TfL roads is a matter for TfL.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/11/2018 16:58:39 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon