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date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was their (1) capital, and (2) resource, expenditure on transport in each region of England in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Investment by the Department for Transport is made based on a fair and rigorous process designed to ensure that spending goes where it is most needed.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on public sector expenditure at a regional level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. These statistics attempt to allocate the spending according to where the benefits of the spending are accrued. For technical reasons it is extremely difficult to make accurate cross-comparisons.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics include spending on transport by all public sector organisations, including the Department for Transport, Local Authorities, Public Corporations (in the case of transport, this is mainly spending by London Underground) and other Government Departments (including the devolved administrations).</p><p> </p><p>The CRA also measures the levels of ‘capital’ and ‘current’ expenditure, which are presented separately in the tables below. Capital spending can be used as a proxy for investment, whereas current spending includes recurring expenditure such as on wages and benefits.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Public sector capital expenditure on transport, by region</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>£millions</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>2012-13</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>2015-16<sup>1</sup></em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016-17</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>973</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,033</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,176</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,404</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>469</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>597</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>749</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>799</p></td><td><p>666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,875</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,027</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,550</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,247</p></td><td><p>6,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>295</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>329</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>417</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>474</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,117</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,114</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,358</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>1,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,195</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,449</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,571</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,002</p></td><td><p>2,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>624</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>660</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>802</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,008</p></td><td><p>1,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>826</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>803</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,080</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,333</p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>805</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>875</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,085</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,297</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10,179</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10,888</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>12,787</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15,455</p></td><td><p>16,221</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Country and Regional Analysis statistics</p><p><strong>Table 2: Public sector current expenditure on transport, by region</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£millions</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012-13</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2015-16<sup>1</sup></em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016-17</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>593</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1,543</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>1,229</p></td><td><p>2,202</p></td><td><p>2,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>634</p></td><td><p>634</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>847</p></td><td><p>895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p>1,129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>613</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>702</p></td><td><p>727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England total</p></td><td><p>5,187</p></td><td><p>5,113</p></td><td><p>4,352</p></td><td><p>6,954</p></td><td><p>7,261</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Country and Regional Analysis statistics</p><p><strong><em><sup>1 </sup></em></strong>The full extent of Network Rail (NR) expenditure is recorded in the CRA figures from 2015-16 following the reclassification of NR as a public body. Prior to 2015-16, only the Network Grants paid by the Government to NR were included. This has led to an upward step-change in total recorded NR spending in the CRA data and therefore rail expenditure from 2015-16 onward is not directly comparable with previous years.</p><p>When comparing expenditure across regions a number of factors should be considered. For example, London receives a substantial number of daily commuters and visitors, both domestically and internationally, who will be using and benefitting from the roads and public transport networks but who aren’t London residents. The unique scale and urban density of London also means that large scale public transport networks are particularly important. It should be additionally be noted that big projects, such as Crossrail, which is the largest infrastructure project in Europe, can in any case significantly distort these figures.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 27/11/2017 12:49:31 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

788361

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, prior to the introduction of the exemption from MOT tests for vehicles aged 40 years and over, they plan to issue guidance to motor retailers to avoid valuable historic vehicles in good condition which are registered with the DVLA being scrapped under scrappage discount schemes.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL3153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to provide specific guidance on scrappage of vehicles of historical interest. Legislation will introduce a 40 year rolling exemption from MOT testing for these vehicles, providing they have not been substantially altered.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are working, including with advice from the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, to finalise draft guidance on how to identify whether a vehicle has been substantially altered and this will be published before the legislation comes into force in May 2018. We have not so far seen significant evidence of scrappage discount schemes encouraging the scrappage of valuable older vehicles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 27/11/2017 12:50:23 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

788366

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Egypt
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 7 November (HL2559), when they last carried out an assessment of Sharm el Sheikh airport; and whether that assessment involved UK officials visiting that airport.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL3158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Further to my response on 7 November (HL2559), Department for Transport officials have regularly visited Sharm el Sheikh airport. However, it is long-standing government policy not to publish the detail of aviation security assessments, including the dates of those assessments, for any location for reasons of both security and protecting international relations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 16/11/2017 12:13:26 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath

788631

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Penalty Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to assess the independence of the rail penalty fares appeals service.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	112721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its response on the rail fares penalty appeal process consultation in December 2016. The response set out plans to bring forward a new Statutory Instrument which includes provisions requiring that penalty fares appeals bodies should be independent of Train operators and owning companies. The industry has already taken steps towards this objective and the Independent Penalty Fares Appeals Service is currently in the process of winding down consideration of penalty fare appeals.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 112715 question first answered 20/11/2017 16:51:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

788632

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Penalty Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the management of rail penalty fares and the penalty fare appeals system.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	112722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government published a response in December 2016 outlining improvements to the existing penalty fares scheme and appeals procedure. This includes improving the Penalty Fares appeals system by adding a third stage, where appeals will be considered by an independent appeals panel. Train operators and appeals bodies will also be required to provide data on penalty fares appeals. This will strengthen department oversight of penalty fares appeals bodies and operators who issue penalty fares.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/11/2017 16:54:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

788633

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Penalty Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to implement his Department's policy that penalty fares appeals bodies should be independent of train operators and owning companies; and whether the ownership of the Independent Penalty Fares Appeals Service by Govia is consistent with that policy.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	112715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its response on the rail fares penalty appeal process consultation in December 2016. The response set out plans to bring forward a new Statutory Instrument which includes provisions requiring that penalty fares appeals bodies should be independent of Train operators and owning companies. The industry has already taken steps towards this objective and the Independent Penalty Fares Appeals Service is currently in the process of winding down consideration of penalty fare appeals.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 112721 question first answered 20/11/2017 16:51:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

788634

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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, who the members of the HS2 community and stakeholder engagement panel are.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	112712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The HS2 Community and Stakeholder Engagement Panel is chaired by the CEO of HS2 Ltd and includes the following members of HS2 Ltd staff:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Director of Community Engagement</li><li>Director of Corporate Affairs</li><li>Managing Director Phase 1</li><li>Managing Director Phase 2</li><li>Managing Director Railway Operations</li><li>Strategic Communications Advisor</li><li>Director of Environment</li><li>Director of Land and Property</li><li>Corporate Sponsorship Director</li><li>General Counsel</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Chief of Staff, Head of Consultation and Engagement (Phase 2b) and Governance Manager attend as non-members.</p><p> </p><p>The independent HS2 Residents’ Commissioner and Construction Commissioner attend as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/11/2017 11:53:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

788635

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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, what opportunities hon. Members with constituencies on the route of HS2 will have to feed into the review of compensation schemes that is currently being carried out by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	112711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps the suite of HS2 property compensation schemes under review. Now that the schemes have been extended to the three phases of the project, it is important we continue to learn how they operate in practice and impact on affected residents and businesses. I can confirm that I will write to all line of route MPs by the end of November to outline the scope of the review, inviting them to set out any issues they consider should be taken into account as part of the review.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/11/2017 12:11:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

788636

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Line: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to discuss the level of overcrowding on the Bristol to Birmingham railway line with First Great Western as a result of recent representations by passenger organisations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	112644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Services between Bristol and Birmingham are operated by the Cross Country franchise, not by First Great Western.</p><p> </p><p>My officials meet with senior directors and managers at the Cross Country franchise at least once every four weeks to discuss franchise performance in general. These discussions do include the results of monitoring the franchise to ensure that Cross Country uses the maximum amount of trains that is currently possible to meet the demand for services. In addition to this, my Department is at the early stages of the procurement competition for the replacement franchise and we have been engaging with a wide range of stakeholders including passenger groups to see what improvement could be delivered in the next franchise.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/11/2017 12:21:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

788637

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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, how often the HS2 community and stakeholder engagement panel meets and when it will hold its next meeting.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	112713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The HS2 Community and Stakeholder Engagement Panel meets monthly. The panel met on Monday 20 November and the next meeting is due to be held on Monday 11 December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/11/2017 13:15:20 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach