Written questions

1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

East Midlands Rail Franchise: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financing arrangements for the new fleet of rolling stock on the East Midlands Railway; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse.

25 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

East Midlands Rail Franchise: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trajectory for the leasing costs of the new rolling stock on the East Midlands Railway over the course of the asset life of the trains after the award of the contract by opera

25 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of the stake held by (a) BlackRock and (b) Vinci in HS2 Ltd’s major contractors; and if he will make a statement.

25 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timeframe is in place for the award of contracts under the procurement framework for Brexit freight capacity after 31 October 2019 published by his Department on 20 September 2019.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Stansted Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of flights at Stansted airport delayed by more than an hour between 2014 and 2018.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) resources and (b) investment allocated by (i) airports and (ii) airlines to meet increases in passenger demand between 2014 and 2018.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Which? analysis of Civil Aviation Data, published 6 July 2019, that showed eight out of 10 of the UK’s busiest airlines recorded an increa

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Travel: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the (a) financial and (b) environmental costs of travelling by (i) train and (ii) aircraft on journeys in the UK.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for International Trade

Freeports Advisory Panel

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reasons the (a) aviation, (b) rail and (c) road haulage industries are not represented on the Freeport Advisory Panel.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Gatwick Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the safe use of Gatwick airport's emergency runway of the expiry of Gatwick airport's 1979 agreement with West Sussex County Council.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what inflationary measure his Department has specified in the new (a) East Midlands Trains and (b) West Coast Partnership franchises for the duration of those contracts.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Thameslink Line: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the resilience of the (a) software on the Siemens Class 700 trains and (b) signals across the Thameslink route after the power supply problems on the rail network on 10 August 201

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the community impact consultation being conducted by Heathrow Airport on its expansion plans.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Transport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to conduct a review of investment grade credit rating among those companies engaged in construction projects in the transport sector.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of potential changes to the investment grade credit rating of Heathrow Airport on the (a) airport’s expansion plans and (b) provisions of the Aviation National Policy S

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

East Midlands Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions took place between his Department and the Government Rail Review Chair Keith Williams prior to the decision to award the East Midlands Trains franchise to Abellio on 10 Apr

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions took place between his Department and Government's Rail Review chair Keith Williams prior to his Department's decision to award the West Coast Partnership franchise to a consortium of First Gro

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Initial Industry Advice received from the Rail Delivery Group in January 2017 as part of the Government’s planning process for the development of control period 6 from (a) 2019 to (b) 202

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

South Eastern Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions took place between his Department and the Government Rail Review chair Keith Williams prior to his Department's decision to cancel the South Eastern rail franchise competition.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

South Eastern Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the introduction of new rolling stock on the south eastern rail route following the decision to cancel the franchise competition.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

South Eastern Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had held with (a) Govia and (b) Abellio on the cancellation of the South Eastern rail franchise competition.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

South Eastern Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of potential bidding costs companies will be entitled to claim from his Department as a result of the decision to cancel the South Eastern Rail franchise competition.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

South Eastern Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional costs were incurred to the public purse as a result of the cancellation of the South Eastern rail franchise.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contractual (a) terms and (b) liabilities HS2 Ltd has with its (i) contractors and (ii) consultants in advance of the decision to review High Speed Two.

23 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019 to Question 275760, what assessment he has made of the effect of delaying the reassessment of the star rating of the strategic road network for the planning and resource a

23 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on changes to the UK Ship Register.

23 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his maritime policies of the figures published by Lloyds List Intelligence in June 2019 which showed that the UK Ship Register lost a third of its tonnage in

23 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his maritime policies of the decision by international shipping company CMA CGM to reflag 40 vessels away from the UK Ship Register between February and April

18 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

East Midlands Trains: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the franchise for East Midlands Trains stipulates that the new rolling stock for that route should be manufactured by a company that is based in the UK.

18 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the 11 July 2019 Road Safety Foundation report that (a) local road safety in the UK has major structural weaknesses and (b) th

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