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439753

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date	22/12/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why their representatives at the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles voted on 28 October to weaken and delay the introduction of real driving emissions tests for air pollution emissions by diesel light duty vehicles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Government officials voted to secure the best possible outcome on the 28<sup>th</sup> October. This meant ensuring that real driving emissions tests will be introduced as early as possible and so make a significant contribution towards lowering emissions of nitrogen oxides from light duty diesel vehicles.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/01/2016 12:41:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

437024

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they still plan to progress the South East Flexible Ticketing programme; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The South East Flexible Ticketing (SEFT) programme is proceeding with contractual obligations for five train operators who run commuter services into London. Together, these five train operators cover 73% of the annual season ticket market. We are discussing with the Rail Delivery Group and the remaining train operators the best and quickest way to deliver smart and more flexible ticketing for commuters in the south east.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2015 12:40:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

437025

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent to date on planning and developing the South East Flexible Ticketing programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>To date, £37.64m has been spent on the South East Flexible Ticketing programme. This has facilitated investment by five train operators accounting for 73% of the annual season ticket market in the south east. Commuters on c2c and GTR can already use smartcards on their journeys into London and within the Transport for London boundary. Abellio Greater Anglia and South West Trains will follow early in 2016 and Southeastern later in the year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2015 12:44:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

434105

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	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officials within the Department for Transport are currently working on the HS2 project.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The High Speed Rail headcount for permanent full time equivalents (FTEs) in post as of the end of November 2015 in the Department is 129.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/12/2015 11:59:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

434106

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	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officials within the Department for Transport they expect to be working on the HS2 project in 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The High Speed Rail headcount for permanent staff for years 2016/17 – 2018/19 will be determined by future business planning rounds and set within the Spending Review 2015 overall resource funding envelope for the Department for Transport as announced by the Chancellor on 25 November 2015.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/12/2015 11:57:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

434107

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	Network Rail
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officials within the Department for Transport are currently working as part of the team liaising with Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>A large number of staff within the Department for Transport’s Rail Executive liaise with Network Rail on a wide range of policy, delivery and operational issues - it is not possible to state an exact number as these staff also have other responsibilities. A team of seven officials currently handles issues specifically arising from Network Rail’s reclassification to the public sector in September 2014. Future resourcing will remain responsive to business needs and is not pre-planned over these years.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4227 question first answered 16/12/2015 14:14:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

434108

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	Network Rail
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officials within the Department for Transport they expect to be working as part of the team liaising with Network Rail in 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>A large number of staff within the Department for Transport’s Rail Executive liaise with Network Rail on a wide range of policy, delivery and operational issues - it is not possible to state an exact number as these staff also have other responsibilities. A team of seven officials currently handles issues specifically arising from Network Rail’s reclassification to the public sector in September 2014. Future resourcing will remain responsive to business needs and is not pre-planned over these years.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4226 question first answered 16/12/2015 14:14:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

434109

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	Traffic Commissioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to reform or strengthen the role of Traffic Commissioner.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport published its review of the role of the traffic commissioners this year. This recommends that we continue with the commissioners in their present form.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/12/2015 11:56:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

434110

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisoners: Hepatitis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what incentives and performance targets exist to encourage HM Prison Service to improve rates of testing for hepatitis C among prisoners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Improving the proactive detection, surveillance and management of infectious diseases in prisons is a shared priority for the National Offender Management Service, NHS England and Public Health England, as described in the Second National Partnership Agreement published earlier this year. A copy is attached.</p><p>Included within this work programme is implementation of the blood-borne virus (BBV) opt-out testing programme for people in prisons, which includes testing for Hepatitis C virus infection as well as Hepatitis B virus and HIV.</p><p>The ambition is to have BBV opt-out testing in all adult prisons in England by end of the financial year 2016-17.</p><p>While there are currently no financial incentives or direct performance targets, performance in this activity is measured by NHS England through the collection of data via the Health &amp; Justice Indicators of Performance. The data are used by NHS England commissioners to performance manage healthcare providers in prisons.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 15/12/2015 15:52:38 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name national_partnership_agreement_commissioning-delivery-healthcare-prisons_2015.pdf title National Partnership Agreement
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

433093

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Wales Main Line: Electrification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in what year they estimate that the electrification of the rail line from Cardiff to Swansea will be completed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Sir Peter Hendy’s report to the Secretary of State on the 25 November 2015 outlined the re-profiling of the electrification of Great Western Route, and confirmed the electrification of the rail line from Cardiff to Swansea is expected to be completed within Control Period 6. This project is at an early stage of development and no single option has been identified. Network Rail continues to develop this vital scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/12/2015 17:41:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson