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1652861

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his expected timescale is for electrification of the Great Western Main Line between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads as part of the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	194000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>In Decarbonising Transport: A Better, Greener Britain, the Government committed to deliver a net zero rail network by 2050. The Great British Railways Transition Team will bring forward costed decarbonisation options for Government to carefully consider in terms of overall deliverability and affordability. We have invested over £5bn in the Great Western route, including £2.8bn on electrification, to deliver better services and new trains with thousands more seats.</p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/07/2023 14:34:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1356740

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on plans to complete the electrification of the Great Western Railway line between Bath and Bristol.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	51724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>Electrification of the railway between Bath and Bristol has been recognised as a priority in Network Rail’s Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy. We are working with Network Rail to consider how decarbonisation priority investment proposals are taken forward through the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/09/2021 10:58:39 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1052430

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision to defer electrification of the Filton Bank section of railway on the health of residents along that line.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	215593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Running in diesel mode, the new Class 800 IEP trains are significantly more efficient, producing lower CO₂ and nitrogen oxides than a legacy intercity diesel train. Their engines meet the latest European emissions standards.</p><p>The four-tracking project at Filton Bank has already brought performance improvements, increasing capacity and contributing to reducing end-to-end journey times for Cross Country and Bristol to London services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/02/2019 15:28:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

834037

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the paused parts of the Great Western electrification to be resumed; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	125794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Statement of Funds Available for the railway for Control Period 6 (covering the years 2019-2024) was set out in October 2017. The Statement of Funds Available includes funding to continue to take forward the enhancements that were deferred from Control Period 5, including the schemes which were deferred on the Great Western route.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the new process for enhancements these schemes will continue to be subject to ongoing consideration to ensure they deliver the best results for both rail users and taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>These enhancements will be taken forward through a new process in the form of a pipeline, designed to ensure investment best addresses the needs of passengers and freight, and that funding commitments appropriately reflect the stage of development of enhancements. Under this process, we will only commit enhancements for development, design, or delivery when they have been properly worked through, to avoid the problems of the past, where schemes were committed to too early.</p><p> </p><p>We will be setting out more details on the new enhancements process shortly.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/02/2018 10:47:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

828061

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the average journey time between Swindon and London Paddington upon completion of the electrification of the Great Western Main Line.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	124021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Once electrification of Great Western from Paddington to Cardiff is complete, the average journey times between London Paddington, Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea are expected to reduce by around 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Precise journey times from London Paddington to Swindon will be confirmed as part of the industry’s timetable bidding process, later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/01/2018 09:51:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

806331

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
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 out-turn cost, in cost per single track kilometre, for completing the electrification of the Great Western Main Line.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In the National Audit Office report earlier this year, the total estimated cost of the Great Western Route Modernisation infrastructure programme was £5.58billion.</p><p>The Department for Transport does not hold information on the cost of per single track kilometre.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/12/2017 13:09:38 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

805137

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what costs has Network Rail incurred to date as a result of Bechtel’s decision to withdraw from the contract to electrify the Great Western Main Line between Bristol and Cardiff.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	118809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Bechtel are completing their contract with Network Rail for the Great Western Main Line. This contract will come to a natural end upon completion of their contract. There are, therefore, no additional costs being incurred.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/12/2017 15:51:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

802532

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's cancellation of Great Western mainline rail electrification on his Department's proposals for improvements to rail safety standards in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	118082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The rail modernisation programme on the Great Western mainline is continuing. Whilst Network Rail and train operators are responsible for maintaining safe railway operations, I am not aware of any evidence that the scope or otherwise of this rail upgrade programme would have any direct impacts on rail safety standards in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/12/2017 14:46:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

776916

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the completion of the electrification of the rail line between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	109269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail is delivering the Great Western Electrification Programme to the dates set out in the latest publication of their Enhancement Delivery plan. This includes completing electrification of the Great Western Mainline by the end of CP5.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office’s report states that electrification is now expected to cost £2.8 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold cost details for electrification between these specific stations. This information is held by Network Rail.</p><p> </p><p>Environmental consideration of air pollution is taken into account as part of the business case for electrification of the Great Western Route.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 109270 109271 question first answered 01/11/2017 10:37:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

776917

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
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 cost to the public purse of the completion of electrification of the rail line between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	109271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail is delivering the Great Western Electrification Programme to the dates set out in the latest publication of their Enhancement Delivery plan. This includes completing electrification of the Great Western Mainline by the end of CP5.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office’s report states that electrification is now expected to cost £2.8 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold cost details for electrification between these specific stations. This information is held by Network Rail.</p><p> </p><p>Environmental consideration of air pollution is taken into account as part of the business case for electrification of the Great Western Route.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 109269 109270 question first answered 01/11/2017 10:37:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse