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1107826

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of his Department have had with Network Rail on its plans to build a new sleeper factory at Bescot Rail Yard to replace its facility at Washwood Heath, Birmingham; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	238612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.</p><p> </p><p>Development of the proposed facility is the responsibility of Network Rail. Department of Transport officials have this year discussed the proposed facility with Network Rail in order to provide accurate information to Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>I have no plans to make a statement about the proposed facility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/04/2019 15:51:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1107827

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sum Network Rail has spent on railway sleepers in the past 12 months; and whether Network Rail is stockpiling railway sleepers.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	238613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network. The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is managing the demand for and supply of sleepers to address the risk from limited production capacity. A stockpile of sleepers has been established to meet demand between Washwood Heath ceasing production in ten weeks’ time and the replacement facility reaching production capacity.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has spent approximately £32m on sleepers in the last financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/04/2019 16:06:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1107828

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail are working on Network Rail’s proposal to build a new sleeper factory at Bescot Rail Yard to replace its facility at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	238614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately twenty Network Rail staff are working on this proposal in some way. Their work currently sums to the equivalent of five full-time staff.</p><p> </p><p>Development of the proposed facility is the responsibility of Network Rail. No Department for Transport officials are directly involved in the proposal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/04/2019 16:12:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1105964

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the independent report commissioned by Network Rail to investigate the possible locations for a new sleeper factory to replace its facility at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	238291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The proposal for a facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has received a Freedom of Information request to publish the independent report on possible locations for a new sleeper factory. It intends to publish this information once it has identified and removed any commercially sensitive material.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has offered to show local Members of Parliament a similar facility in Germany to explain how any local impacts will be addressed.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/04/2019 11:53:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1105966

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by Network Rail to date on its proposal for a new sleeper factory at Bescot Rail Yard to replace the facility at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	238292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is preparing its response to a Freedom of Information request for information on the cost of the proposed facility, and intends to provide this information shortly.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/04/2019 11:50:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1105968

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish Network Rail senior employee salaries of over £100,000 pa by (a) name, (b) position and (c) salary range.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	238293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no intention to publish information on Network Rail employee salaries of over £100,000 per annum.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2019 15:39:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1105584

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 200586, and with reference to National Archives documents Annex G to O92/2534(ASD 26) dated 9 January 1957, and C/6084/PA 1(b) dated 19 November 1957, in which Department the results of the samples referred to in those documents are held.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	237633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Any records that exist of blood or urine samples taken at the UK atomic weapon tests may be retained in the serviceman's record which if held could be at either the Government's or Ministry of Defence's archive. These medical records are unlikely to be collated in a form related to samples or incidences.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 237634 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:30:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1105585

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 38 of the report of the Director of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment on Operation Hurricane, ref AWRE-T1/54, what records his Department holds on urine samples taken from servicemen present at the UK atomic weapons tests in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	237634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Any records that exist of blood or urine samples taken at the UK atomic weapon tests may be retained in the serviceman's record which if held could be at either the Government's or Ministry of Defence's archive. These medical records are unlikely to be collated in a form related to samples or incidences.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 237633 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:30:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1104717

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he discussed with Mark Zuckerberg at their meeting in week commencing 18 February 2019 the January 2019 Facebook data breach in which the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	236302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s answer to PQ 225432 on 28th February.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2019 12:23:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1093457

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he was notified of the Facebook data breach reported on 21 March 2019 where the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	235736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) made our data protection laws fit for the digital age and empowered people to take control of their data.</p><p> </p><p>The DPA and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced a duty on all organisations including social media companies to notify certain types of personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).</p><p> </p><p>Under the GDPR, a company may designate one national regulator in the European Union as its “lead supervisory authority”, so that it does not have to deal with 28 separate regulators. In the case of Facebook, the Irish Data Protection authority takes that role and is therefore leading on this breach.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is working with its Irish counterpart to ensure that it fulfils its role to protect UK citizens data. This includes establishing the number of UK users affected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 235746 question first answered 27/03/2019 15:05:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest