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434093

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Norwich
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the reasons for the increase in the contract target costs of the Norwich Northern Distributor Road.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>No assessment was made by the Department for Transport of the reasons for the increase in the contract target costs of the Norwich Northern Distributor Road. Norfolk County Council officials provided the Department with information on this and with the papers provided to their Councillors prior to the meeting on 6 November where the revised cost of the scheme was approved.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/12/2015 11:55:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

101262

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Reading 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 Kramer on 13 October (HL1928), what assessment they have made of the compliance with the standards required by the Governance for Railway Investment Projects process in the redevelopment of Reading Station, in particular as regards (1) the provision of large printed timetables, (2) the visibility and positioning of platform number signs on the platforms, (3) the visibility and positioning of indicator screens, (4) the detailing of intermediate stations on concourse indicator screens, (5) the presence of staff to provide information to passengers, and (6) weather protection.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL2467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The implementation of the Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) process is the responsibility of Network Rail and it are responsible for meeting all relevant standards.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has however, advised me that:</p><p> </p><p>1) The station operator; First Great Western has decided not to specify the provision of large printed timetables.</p><p> </p><p>2) The platform number signs are standard size signs and are positioned to not interfere with signal sighting along platforms. The signs are identical in size to those that were hung from the previous canopies.</p><p> </p><p>3) The indicator screens are an industry standard with this particular type widely used throughout the Great Western route. Equipment on platforms must be mounted a minimum of 2.5m above the platform to comply with standards.</p><p> </p><p>The location of the indicators were carefully selected to avoid being at the foot of escalators and stairs and positioned in areas where passengers can congregate without affecting the flow along the various platforms and around the station.</p><p> </p><p>4) The indicator screens on each platform contain full details of all stopping points for that train, whereas the ‘summary of departures screens’ show final destinations.</p><p> </p><p>5) The staffing levels on Reading station are the responsibility of by First Great Western. A significant number of additional customer assistants have now been employed by First Great Western to cater for the enlarged station.</p><p> </p><p>6) The design of the new canopies has had to take into account the need of future electrification. As a consequence the canopy is higher and set back behind the platform edge.</p><p> </p><p>However, observations made during periods of rainfall since May 2013 clearly show that if passengers are standing behind the yellow line will generally remain dry. Obviously the further back from the edge of the platform, the more likely to remain dry they will be.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:47:43 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

426418

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Land
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, where they are working to enable housing developments on Network Rail’s and London and Continental Railways' land estate, what conditions will be set to ensure that noise and vibration issues are minimised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL3357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The Summer Budget stated “the government will introduce a new approach to station redevelopment and commercial land sales on the rail network, building on the experience of regenerating land around Kings Cross Station and Stratford in East London – the government will establish a dedicated body to focus on pursuing opportunities to realise value from public land and property assets in the rail network to both maximise the benefit to local communities and reduce the burden of public debt”. Discussions are taking place to develop an approach that maximises value for the taxpayer and supports the safe and efficient operation of the rail network.</p><br /><p>The disposal of Network Rail’s assets must be in accordance with its network licence, which is regulated by the Office of Rail and Road. London and Continental Railways’ asset disposals are approved by the company’s board and the Department for Transport.</p><br /><p>Sale contracts for land will not impose conditions on the seller in relation to noise and vibration. Proximity to the railway and related issues such as noise and vibration are generally considered as part of the planning process, which is regulated by the relevant planning authority in accordance with environmental legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3355 HL3356 question first answered 17/11/2015 12:47:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

641825

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	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, when assessing road investment schemes using WebTAG, what proportion of the economic benefits were attributed to savings of two minutes or less.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL3396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>Road investment decisions are supported with a five-part business case. The economic case aims to provide a comprehensive overview of a proposal’s impacts. These include a wide range of social and environmental factors, as well as time savings and economic impacts. The proportion of time saving benefits which are attributed to average time savings ‎per trip of two minutes or less varies between projects, depending on the nature of the scheme, and is not centrally held.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/12/2016 12:25:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

654734

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	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, under the current technical specifications for interoperability, what height differences between station platforms and top of rail level are allowed for new HS2 stations; what heights are specified by HS2 for new train floor height and station platform heights; and what derogation, if any, they have sought and received to those heights for new HS2 platforms.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL3980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The current European Infrastructure Technical Standard for Interoperability (TSI) allows platform heights of 550mm or 760mm above rail level (ARL). In addition, the UK currently has a ‘National Technical Rule’ which includes a ‘Specific Case’ allowing platform heights of 915mm ARL, reflecting the historic platform height on the majority of our existing network.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 is not, as such, proposing to specify a train floor height. What we will be asking rolling stock manufacturers (RSMs) to do is to provide level access to a platform height of 1115mm, or, if they do not believe that is achievable, to tell us at what height platform they could provide level access.</p><p> </p><p>We have proposed to the European Commission an amendment to the current European standards to allow for our preferred platform height and we remain in discussions with them with a view to securing the ability to adopt our preferred platform height through these or alternative means.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 14:10:35 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

106190

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, since the transfer of driver and vehicle licensing services for people in Northern Ireland from Coleraine to Swansea, how motorists in Northern Ireland obtain licenses; what is their assessment of the success of the new system; and what changes to that system they propose, if any.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL2661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Driver licensing in Northern Ireland is a devolved issue. Responsibility for issuing driving licences in Northern Ireland remains with the Driver and Vehicle Agency, based in Coleraine, and there have been no changes in how motorists in Northern Ireland obtain driving licences.</p><p> </p><p>Vehicle registration and licensing in Northern Ireland is not devolved and is the responsibility of the UK Government. The operational responsibility for delivering vehicle registration and licensing services in Northern Ireland passed from the Driver and Vehicle Agency to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea on 21 July. For the first time, motorists in Northern Ireland now have access to the same range of services as those in Great Britain. This includes online vehicle licensing, a wider range of vehicle licensing services available at around 175 Post Offices in Northern Ireland and access to direct debit payments for vehicle excise duty.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 11/11/2014 11:55:32 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

177968

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise: Legal Costs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the recently completed East Coast Main Line franchise competition, how much they have spent on (1) legal, and (2) financial, advice.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL4679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the total paid to external advisors for legal and financial advice to 30 January 2015 for the franchise competition (£-excluding VAT).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Advisors</p></td><td><p>Legal</p></td><td><p>Financial Advice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,196,957.24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,250,538.00</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As the Intercity East Coast franchise competition was the first competition to be run in full since the launch of the franchising programme in March 2013 some of these costs include advice on developing new policies and processes that will be of benefit in future franchise competitions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 12/02/2015 11:58:13 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

77310

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the period from 1 May 2012 to the end of December 2013, what proportion of the self-certified data submitted to Risk Solutions by operators using one metre longer and 2.05 metre longer semi-trailers in the Department for Transport's trial were (1) randomly monitored, and (2) independently scrutinised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Risk Solutions has been appointed as the independent evaluator of the trial data.　 They monitor and scrutinise all of the data that is submitted by operators.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 22/07/2014 14:35:48 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

646584

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Tunnels: Pennines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the updated interim report on the Trans-Pennine tunnel strategic study published on 18 August, what is the maximum length of tunnel being considered; what assumptions are being made as to the hourly maximum capacity of HGV and car traffic that such a tunnel could carry safely; what rules about spacing between vehicles, maximum speeds are being considered, and how these compare with current and planned rules in the Mont Blanc and Gotthard road tunnels; and whether they will include in the study the option of building a rail tunnel and operating a rail freight shuttle for heavy goods vehicles to piggyback on rail wagons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL3603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The results of the study have been published and are available on the gov.uk website, including potential routes and tunnel lengths, and consideration of alternative rail options. Detailed arrangements for operation of the tunnel will be developed at the appropriate point in the design process.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/12/2016 12:31:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

421278

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking Offences: Fines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the statistics provided in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 showing that the London Borough of Merton did not comply with 87 per cent of the decisions by independent adjudicators regarding the issuing of parking penalty fines, what assessment they have made of (1) the value for money of, and (2) the efficacy of, independent adjudicators who consider and make recommendations on such fines.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
	uin	HL2649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The adjudication services are not administered by central Government. However there is a distinction between recommendations, which do not have to be followed by authorities, and adjudicators’ directions following successful appeals, which must be complied with in law.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/10/2015 14:22:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath