Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received evidence on whether financial service providers (1) have been, and (2) are currently, discriminating against small and medium-sized enterprises involved with defence or military equipment.
Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
HM Treasury is aware that SMEs and startups operating in the defence sector face barriers to accessing finance.
The Ministry of Defence is looking at these issues as part of the Defence Finance and Investment Strategy (DFIS) to be published in early 2026. The DFIS will look at the entire spectrum of defence companies, from start-ups through to primes, and provide recommendations to the Defence Secretary on how barriers to investment in defence can be removed.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have directly, indirectly, or through agents or sub-contractors partially or wholly funded the supply of any cars or light vehicles for West Yorkshire Police in connection with or via the Transpennine Route Upgrade project.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The consortium appointed by Network Rail to deliver infrastructure works to the west of Leeds as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme, has transferred funds to West Yorkshire Police, for the provision of vehicles to help maintain the delivery schedule of abnormal loads to programme work sites.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many abnormal load movement notifications were received by National Highways Yorkshire and North East in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
For the years that information is available, the figures are:
2022 – 71,849
2023 – 115,931
2024 – 156,591
2025 to end October – 149,619
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 16 September 2024 (HL568), under which special order certificate the tram movement from the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley to the Metro Maintenance Centre in Wednesbury on 15 February 2024 was made.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The trams were moving under Special Order permit (certificate) number P37/2024 signed on the 29th January 2024 cleared for in Special Order application ref: RFS/2988.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 16 September 2024 (HL568), under which movement classification the movement notification to National Highways about the tram movement from the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley to the Metro Maintenance Centre in Wednesbury on 15 February 2024 was made.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The actual movement notification for the tram movements was submitted under ‘STGO AIL Cat 3’ on ref: RFS/3062 on the 25th January 2024.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 16 September 2024 (HL568), whether any special order other than that referenced in Special Order P35/2024 dated 29 January 2024 was granted under section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for the movement of a tram from the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley to the Metro Maintenance Centre in Wednesbury on 15 February 2024.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Yes. In addition to the above referenced Special Order P35/2024, a second application was also cleared on 29th January 2024 for tram movements between the same two sites, with a Special Order number of P37/2024.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 16 September 2024 (HL568), what was the (1) start, and (2) end, date and time included in the notification to National Highways of the movement of a tram from the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley to the Metro Maintenance Centre in Wednesbury on 15 February 2024.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The start date of the notification was 02 February 2024 at 0000. The end date of the notification was 01 March 2024 at 2359.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 16 September 2024 (HL568), what was the date and time of the notification to National Highways about the tram movement from the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley to the Metro Maintenance Centre in Wednesbury on 15 February 2024.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The notification was sent at 25/01/2024 at 18:10.