The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail paid to buy back land from rail freight owners in October 2014.
Claire Perry
This was a commercial matter for Network Rail. The total cost to Network Rail of acquiring the lease interests of the Freight Operators under Project Mountfield was £220 million.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he plans to undertake before any rail freight sites owned by Network Rail are sold.
Claire Perry
The Department for Transport and Network Rail have undertaken early discussions with key stakeholders in the rail freight industry, including a meeting with the Rail Freight Group, regarding options for the sale of rail freight sites owned by Network Rail.
The on-going process of identifying options for the sale of rail freight sites is at a very early stage. Key stakeholders will be engaged throughout the process.
Network Rail is required to consult should it wish to dispose of land in which it has an interest and which may be important to the continuing operation and future development of the network. A full consultation process will be undertaken before any final decision is taken about the sale of freight sites owned by Network Rail.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29383, how many (a) miles and (b) lane miles on which sections of the network Highways England plans to convert to Managed Motorways – All Lane Running (MM-ALR) status by the end of the current Road Investment Period; and how many (a) miles and (b) additional lane miles Highways England intends to convert to MM-ALR status in the next Round Investment Period.
Andrew Jones
The information requested is in the table below:
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All Lane Running Schemes – To be started but not finished by the end of the current Road Investment Period (2015 – 2020) |
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Scheme Name |
Scheme Length (miles) |
Additional |
Open For Traffic Commitment |
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M4 J3-12 |
31.8 |
63.6 |
2021/22 |
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M1 J13-19 |
36.9 |
73.8 |
2021/22 |
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M6 J13-15 |
17.4 |
34.8 |
2021/22 |
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M27 J4-11 |
15.2 |
30.3 |
2020/21 |
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M56 J6-8 |
4.1 |
8.2 |
2021/22 |
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M3 J9-14 |
9.3 |
18.6 |
2021/22 |
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M62 J10-12 |
8.5 |
16.9 |
2022/23 |
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A1(M) Jct 6 – 8 |
7.5 |
15.0 |
TBC * |
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M1 Junctions 23A-24 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
TBC * |
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M25 Junctions 10-16 |
19.3 |
38.5 |
TBC * |
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M40/M42 Interchange Smart Motorways |
7.7 |
10.4 |
TBC * |
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M53 Junctions 5-11 |
6.0 |
12.1 |
TBC * |
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M62 Junctions 20-25 |
11.9 |
23.7 |
TBC * |
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Further All Lane Running Schemes Announced for Development in next Road Investment Period (2020 – 2025) |
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Scheme Name |
Scheme Length (miles) |
Additional |
Open For Traffic Commitment |
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M1 Junctions 19-23A |
30.9 |
61.8 |
TBC * |
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M1 Junctions 35A-39 |
13.7 |
27.4 |
TBC * |
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M42 Birmingham Box Phase 4 |
6.7 |
13.4 |
TBC * |
TBC * = no Open For Traffic commitment currently exists.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has issued guidance to public bodies on the sale of land containing disused rail lines.
Claire Perry
No such guidance has been issued.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-03-08.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the (a) ethnicity and (b) gender is of each staff member employed by hon. Members.
Mr Charles Walker
As at 9 March 2016, 3,161 individuals were employed by MPs and paid through IPSA’s payroll. Of these, 1795 were female and 1366 were male.
IPSA does not collect or hold data on the ethnicity of MPs’ staff.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of his Department’s (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office currently has 50% of its Senior Civil Servants and 44% of its core policy civil servants based in London.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bernard Jenkin on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish all correspondence, emails and records of office and mobile telephone logs dated between 3 and 7 March 2016 involving Daniel Korski that concern the conduct of the former British Chambers of Commerce Director General, John Longworth.
Mr David Cameron
Information relating to internal communications is not normally made public.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bernard Jenkin on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish all correspondence, emails and records dated between 3 and 7 March 2016 involving special advisers and civil servants concerning the conduct of the former British Chambers of Commerce Director General, John Longworth.
Mr David Cameron
Information relating to internal communications is not normally made public.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will issue guidance to civil servants on how to proceed in cases where departmental ministers have yet to declare a position on the referendum on the EU on their access to the upcoming departmental resources documentation relating to that referendum.
Mr David Cameron
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 7 March 2016, UIN 29278, and to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 1 March 2016, a transcript of which can be found on the Committee’s website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will issue guidance on whether junior government ministers who are in favour of UK membership of the EU are to be allowed full access to documents in situations where the departmental Secretary of State is in favour of the UK leaving the EU.
Mr David Cameron
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 7 March 2016, UIN 29278, and to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 1 March 2016, a transcript of which can be found on the Committee’s website.