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1178503

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bradford
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to include a station in Bradford town centre as part of the proposed high speed railway line between Manchester and Leeds.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>We are considering a range of options for improving connectivity between Manchester and Leeds, including options that would serve Bradford. The Department for Transport has been working with Transport for the North to develop a public consultation on these options. We aim to make a further announcement shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/02/2020 17:17:03 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1178504

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect that a preferred route, or alternative routes, for the proposed high-speed railway line between Leeds and Manchester will be published for consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been working with Transport for the North to develop a public consultation for a range of options developed for the Manchester to Leeds rail corridor. The responses would support decisions on the preferred route for Northern Powerhouse Rail. We are aiming to announce the next steps shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/02/2020 17:17:23 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1178505

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their target for the (1) number, and (2) percentage, of container loads and miles that will be moved from road to rail (a) within the next five years, and (b) on the opening of stage 1 of HS2.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Government recognises the economic and environmental benefits of rail freight; the sector plays an essential part of the UK economy and rail is one of the greenest modes of transport. Rail freight removes around 7 million lorry journeys, equating to roughly 1.5 billion lorry kilometres, annually.</p><p> </p><p>Government does not set an explicit target for modal shift from road to rail. However, it takes significant steps to support modal shift, including in relation to container traffic. This includes providing freight grant schemes to support the carriage of freight by rail and water on routes where road haulage has a financial advantage. These schemes help to remove around 900,000 lorry journeys a year from Britain’s roads. Overall, funding for this scheme has been increased to £20m for 2020/21, a rise of 28% from 2019/20. Government has also invested over £235m in the Strategic Freight Network between 2014-2019 to improve network capacity to enable more goods to move by rail.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently carrying out a detailed study of the potential for additional freight movement that could be accommodated on the conventional rail network from released capacity due to HS2. This study will be concluded by the end of March 2020. It will provide a quantification of the potential additional freight tonnes that could be moved from roads, and will also quantify the environmental benefits of this mode shift.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/02/2020 16:03:42 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1178506

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are reviewing the scope of the TransPennine Route upgrade; if so, what are the terms of the review; and when they expect to publish their findings.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The Transpennine Route Upgrade programme remains on track to pass its next investment decision later this year following standard process. This will confirm the programme’s scope.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/02/2020 17:17:39 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1178507

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Capital Investment
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 Vere of Norbiton on 12 February (HL1259), what is the (1) average, and (2) expected, time for a railway re-opening scheme to progress through the (a) rail network enhancement pipeline (RNEP) and (b) Governance of Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) schemes; whether the RNEP and GRIP schemes will operate consecutively or concurrently; and what is the relationship between the GRIP process and the development of schemes through the RNEP in (i) research into the economic impact of reopenings, (ii) site investigations, (iii) scheme design, (iv) effects on the wider network, and (v) costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) and the Network Rail Governance of Rail Investment Projects (GRIP) processes will operate concurrently until completion of the RNEP process, following which the GRIP process will continue until the scheme completion. The GRIP process will inform the wider business case used in the RNEP process to make decisions on whether to proceed. The time taken for a re-opening scheme to progress through the two processes will depend on the complexity and detail required to understand the costs and benefits, and the extent of the construction required.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/02/2020 17:33:35 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1178514

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to place further rail services under the control of Transport for London.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL1650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department carefully considers business cases from scheme promoters on a regular basis. At this stage no decision to devolve services has been taken, and while we are exploring devolution of services to Transport for London we would only do this if it was in the best interests of all passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/02/2020 16:10:31 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1178519

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trams: Coventry
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 case for extending tram services from Birmingham to Coventry.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>Extensions to the West Midlands Metro are for the West Midlands Combined Authority to consider and will be subject to future funding being secured. The West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, has already done significant work in improving connectivity across the West Midlands. For example, the Mayor has allocated a substantial portion of the West Midlands’ Transforming Cities Fund allocation to fund the Brierley Hill extension to the West Midlands Metro on which services are expected to commence in 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/02/2020 17:41:10 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1178520

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bypasses: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many bypass schemes in England are awaiting funding approval.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>There are 22 bypass schemes in England currently awaiting funding approval. These are schemes for which Local Authority sponsors have submitted Outline Business Cases which the Government is currently considering.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/02/2020 17:58:52 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1178538

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 10 February (HL Deb, col 2066), which organisations have been asked to contribute to their review of the safety of general aviation; and whether that includes the Air Charter Association.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The organisations engaged with as part of the General Aviation safety review are listed below. The independent general aviation safety review, funded by the Department for Transport, is focused on non-commercial aviation, often referred to as recreational aviation. The Air Charter Association is rightly concerned with illegal public transport activity and is engaging with the Civil Aviation Authority on the matter. Given their commercial focus they were not included in the consultation for this non-commercial aviation safety review; noting that illegal commercial activity does not fall within the direct scope of the review. Within the context of the recreational aviation review, the Air Charter Association may wish to submit a response to the forthcoming consultation on the recommendations of the review.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Approach to Recreational General Aviation Safety review engaged with the following organisations:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>GA Partnership – A CAA-led group of industry, regulator and government.</p></li><li><p>GASCo - General Aviation Safety Council</p></li><li><p>PPL IR Europe</p></li><li><p>BGA - British Gliding Association</p></li><li><p>AOPA - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association</p></li><li><p>BMAA - British Microlight Aircraft Association</p></li><li><p>LAA - Light Aircraft Association</p></li><li><p>GAA - General Aviation Alliance</p></li><li><p>EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency</p></li><li><p>EASA GA Task Force Member (EAS)</p></li><li><p>GAAC - General Aviation Awareness Council</p></li><li><p>UKAB - United Kingdom Airprox Board</p></li><li><p>AAIB - Air Accidents Investigation Branch</p></li><li><p>GBASF - General and Business Aviation Strategic Forum</p></li><li><p>AOG - Airfield Operators Group</p></li><li><p>GA Advocate</p></li><li><p>BAAC - British Balloon and airship club</p></li><li><p>UKFSC - UK Flight Safety Committee</p></li><li><p>CHIRP - Aviation and Maritime Confidential Incident Reporting</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/02/2020 16:49:10 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1178539

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 10 February (HL Deb, col 2066), whether they are considering the rules around cost sharing as part of their review of the safety of general aviation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The independent general aviation safety review, funded by the Department for Transport, is focused on non-commercial aviation, often referred to as recreational aviation. Cost sharing is considered in terms of setting out the rules and benefits of a properly conducted cost sharing flight which should support private pilots to ensure they do not inadvertently step beyond the rules. The review “UK Approach to Recreational General Aviation Safety: An Independent Review” will be published shortly as part of a wider consultation process on the review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/02/2020 16:41:35 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson