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100511

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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	Midland Main Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from where his Department plans to secure trains to run on the Midland mainline when electrification of that line is completed.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	211462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken regarding the procurement of electric rolling stock for the Midland Main Line. This will be a matter for the train operator. An announcement on this will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/10/2014 14:11:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

100515

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	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where, when and how often the job of HS2 Resident's Commissioner will be advertised.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	211589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The job is currently advertised on the HS2 website by clicking on the link to ‘Jobs’. The advert has been placed in the following media:</p><p> </p><p>From Thursday 23 October 2014: The Guardian newspaper and The Lawyer websites</p><p> </p><p>Friday 24 October 2014: Property Week publication – it will also appear on the Property Week website from 24 October</p><p> </p><p>Sunday 26 October 2014: Sunday Times – in print and online and on the Sunday Times iPAD version.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 17:14:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

100518

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	Lighting
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 implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lights throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	211601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will consider installation of LED lights during major refurbishment projects where cost effective to do so. Information on the proportion of lighting which is currently LED is not centrally recorded and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/10/2014 14:10:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

100255

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	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines on foreign lorry drivers are unpaid.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	211225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Since 2009 to the present date, the number of unpaid notices issued to foreign commercial vehicle drivers by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is 417.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 14:09:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

99930

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the (a) Welsh Assembly and (b) Scottish Government on the proposed transfer of the Highways Agency to a Government owned company.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	211127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>There are regular official and ministerial discussions with the devolved governments on general Transport issues. We have written to the Welsh Assembly &amp; Scottish Government when the Infrastructure Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on the 5<sup>th</sup> June 2014.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/10/2014 16:51:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

99931

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the wage restrictions and policies which apply to the Civil Service will apply to the Highways Agency following its transfer to a Government owned company.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	211126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The new Strategic Highways company will still need to conform to the requirements set out in Managing Public Money. The staff will no longer be civil servants, although terms and conditions will be protected for existing staff. We are considering the wider governance and controls framework and how central controls, including those on pay, should be applied to the new company.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/10/2014 16:48:32 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

99933

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Woking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of overcrowding on rail services from Woking to London Waterloo.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) holds information on the number of passengers on board services from Woking to London when they reach London, however information for individual routes is considered commercially confidential and so cannot be released. An exception to this are those services which appear in the ‘Top 10 overcrowded trains’ lists that are published, which regularly include services between Woking and London Waterloo, and I recently travelled on this route to experience the crowding on it.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on crowding on services leaving Woking which do not go to London.</p><p> </p><p>DfT publishes statistics showing overall passenger numbers and crowding levels on the route into London Waterloo in the publication <em>Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2013</em>, which is available in the Libraries of the House and online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2013</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 211073 question first answered 27/10/2014 14:08:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99934

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Sierra Leone
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with charities and non-governmental organisations on the effects of removing the permit for direct flights from the UK to Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has had no direct approaches either by any charities or non-government organisations on this matter. It is the role of the Department for International Development to work with such bodies. They are working with non-governmental organisations and wider partners to ensure responders to the ebola crisis are able to travel to and from Sierra Leone.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 17:24:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99935

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Sierra Leone
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports he has received on the consequences of the decision to remove the permit for direct flights from the UK to Sierra Leone for humanitarian aid deliveries to Sierra Leone and West Africa.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport continues to work with the Department for International Development regarding the current situation in West Africa. The airline that had proposed operating direct services, Gambia Bird Airlines, were invited to make representations to the Department for Transport and these are currently under consideration. I recently met the Sierra Leone Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon. Leonard Balogun Koruma, and discussed this and other issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 17:18:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99937

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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, under what selection process his Department appointed Christine Emmett, Neil Massom and Baroness Jo Valentine as non-executive Directors of High Speed 2; and what (a) remuneration and benefits package they receive and (b) contracted hours they are employed for.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	211042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>All three appointments were made following an open competition carried out in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies.</p><p> </p><p>Non-Executive Directors at HS2 Ltd receive a remuneration of £950 per day based on an average time commitment of 2 days per month. They may also claim for travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with Department for Transport rules and may be reimbursed for any reasonable additional costs necessarily incurred in providing for the care of children or elderly or infirm people whilst attending HS2 Ltd meetings or events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 16:07:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan