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938060

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 impact on journey times of additional stops at Stevenage for the 6.40am Leeds to London and 6.55am Skipton to London services; and how long these additional stops will be included in the timetable.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL9367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>London North Eastern Railway temporarily included additional stops at Stevenage, to support passengers until the new Govia Thameslink Railway timetable was put into place on Sunday July 15. As a result of the new timetable, trains from Leeds and Skipton into London will no longer stop at Stevenage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/07/2018 11:26:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

934481

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
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 5 June (HL8111) and the report by the Campaign for Better Transport Buses in Crisis, published in June, that states that local bus budgets have halved in the last seven years, what assessment they have made of whether devolving part of Bus Services Operator Grant to local authorities has met their intended objectives.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL9162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport pays around £43m of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) per year directly to local authorities. This element of BSOG relates to services which local authorities procure directly because they would not otherwise be commercially viable.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is ring-fenced and may only be used for the purposes of supporting bus services (including community transport services run under a section 19 permit), or for the provision of infrastructure supporting such services. Local authorities are required to report to the Department on how they have made use of the devolved funds, as well as publishing such information on their website.</p><p> </p><p>As a devolved fund, it is for the local authorities to determine how they use this funding to support bus services and help meet their local objectives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/07/2018 16:35:35 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

910404

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Sheffield
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 impact of recent changes to train timetables on the total journey time of trains from Sheffield to London.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL8162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We are investing in the biggest upgrade of the Midland Main Line since it was completed in 1870. This infrastructure upgrade will create capacity for up to 50% more seats in the peak into London St Pancras.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with Network Rail on the upgrade, and based on their plans and projections at this time, delivery is expected in 2020. Before then, timetables will need to continue to be implemented taking account of the available infrastructure on the Midland Main Line and the requirements of the various train operators on the route.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the May 2018 timetable development the Department for Transport worked closely with the East Midlands Trains to ensure that the timetable change continued to provide the same level and frequency of service between Sheffield and London. The Department is having a continual dialogue with East Midlands Trains to ensure that the new timetable implementation is successful and that any possible improvements are identified and implemented in a timely manner before the transformational upgrade of the Midland Main Line is complete.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 06/06/2018 13:52:50 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

909616

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Expenditure
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 2 May (HL7495), what assessment they have made of whether any additional money has been spent on supporting local bus services when the devolved amount of the Bus Service Operators Grant and the reductions in local authority spending are taken together.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL8111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on subsidised bus services are a matter for individual English local authorities, in the light of their other spending priorities. Government also provides almost £1 billion of funding for Concessionary Travel every year and remains committed to protecting the current scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2015, the Department for Transport allocated £7.6m to 37 pilot schemes run by local authorities in England to pilot Total Transport solutions in their areas to explore how existing funding and resources for services could be allocated and co-ordinated more efficiently.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/06/2018 15:45:19 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

908875

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what remit they have agreed with the operator of the East Coast Main Line franchise.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL8037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>London North Eastern Railway (LNER) franchise agreement will be published to gov.uk website as are all current franchise agreements. There will be no change to train services and passengers should experience the same benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/06/2018 15:26:53 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

908876

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the members of the management team responsible for the new East Coast Main Line franchise.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL8038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The executive members of the current Virgin Trains East Coast board are all eligible to transfer to London &amp; North Eastern Railway (LNER) under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006. Any additional appointments to the LNER board and to the Board of its holding company will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/06/2018 15:26:37 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

897071

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
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 2 May (HL7047), what evidence there is that local authorities have used the Bus Operators' Grant to fund supported bus services, which they had previously supported from their own funds.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The Bus Services Operators grant (BSOG) devolved to Local Authorities is ring-fenced and may only be used for the purposes of supporting bus services. At year-end the Chief Executive and Chief Internal Auditor of each recipient authority must return a declaration to the Department for Transport that the grant conditions have been complied with. It is up to individual local authorities to choose how they spend un-ringfenced funding, however local authorities are required to report annually on their spend.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/05/2018 11:07:15 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

886885

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to prevent local authorities reducing support to bus operators following receipt of a Bus Operators’ Grant.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2014, the Department for Transport has paid around £43m of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) per year directly to local authorities. This element of BSOG relates to services which local authorities procure directly because they would not otherwise be commercially viable.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and March 2018, this funding was ring-fenced so that authorities must spend it on bus services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will set out its plans for this year’s funding alongside issuing the grant to local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/05/2018 14:15:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

874367

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
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 27 March (HL6439), what guarantees they have that the Bus Service Operators Grant funding devolved to local authorities is actually spent on bus services; and to what extent local authorities are allowed to use the grant as a substitute for money that they previously spent on supporting bus services.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL6751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>The Bus Services Operators grant (BSOG) devolved to Local Authorities is ring-fenced and may only be used for the purposes of supporting bus services. At year-end the Chief Executive and Chief Internal Auditor of each recipient authority must return a declaration that the grant conditions have been complied with. It is up to individual local authorities to choose how they spend un-ringfenced funding, however local authorities are required to report annually on their spend.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 09/04/2018 13:39:59 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

872998

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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 whether they have a strategy for electrifying the freight railway; and if so, whether that strategy includes the objectives of (1) reducing the level of pollutants emitted from diesel haulage, and (2) attracting additional freight to rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL6681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy calls for more use of electric, bi-mode and alternative fuel traction on the railway, and Government has set out an ambition for a cleaner, greener railway with all diesel-only trains phased out by 2040. The Minister of State has written to industry to ask them to set out an industry-wide vision for decarbonising the railway.</p><p> </p><p>Government recognises the environmental benefits of shifting freight from road to rail and we are committed to supporting the long-term growth of the rail freight industry. Government’s Rail Freight Strategy, published in September 2016, sets out a shared vision for how rail freight can increase its share of the freight market, and encourage modal shift from road to rail. To support future growth of the rail freight industry the Secretary of State confirmed in October 2017 that Government intends to continue investment in improving the rail freight network in Control Period 6 (2019-2024).</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/04/2018 13:25:42 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw