Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 4 November (HL Deb, col 1340), what funding they have provided for cycle lanes to each local authority in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
On 7 February 2020, the Department published a detailed breakdown of annual investment in cycling and walking from 2016/17 to 2018/19 alongside the first report on progress made towards delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS). This includes information on how much funding each local authority received over that period. Copies of the report and other associated information are available on GOV.UK. An update including a detailed breakdown of annual investment in 2019/20 and 2020/21 will be published in due course. In the meantime, local authority allocations under the Active Travel Fund in 2020/21 are published on the Department for Transport’s website.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 3 August (HL7358), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what are the (1) absolute numbers, and (2) proportions of commuters, travelling into by London by (a) rail including London Underground, (b) bus, (c) car, (d) bicycle, and (e) motor cycle.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
The 2018 ONS Labour Force Survey found that of those who worked in London, and reported a usual method of travel to work (a) 46% travelled by rail, (b) 12% by bus, (c) 27% by car, (d) 5% by bicycle and (e) 1% by motorcycle, the remaining 10% by other methods.
Based on this, an estimated (a) 1,790,000 people travelled by rail, (b) 471,000 by bus, (c) 1,066,000 by car, (d) 178,000 by bicycle and (e) 39,000 by motorcycle and 380,000 by other methods. These estimates are based on those in the survey with a work place in London and reporting a usual method of travel to work and as such may not cover all work-related travel activity into London.
The department will publish the 2019 modal analysis using the 2019 ONS Labour Force Survey in due course.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the (1) absolute numbers, and (2) proportions of commuters, travelling into by London by (a) rail including London Underground, (b) bus, (c) car, (d) bicycle, and (e) motor cycle.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
To monitor the use of the transport system during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Department for Transport provides statistics on transport use by mode, published every Wednesday. Data on usage of the different transport modes is available on GOV.UK.
This includes usage of Tube and Bus in London compared to a pre Covid-19 baseline. Specific data on the purpose of a journey (e.g. commuting) by mode is not available for the Covid-19 period yet. Historic data on this can be found in the National Travel Survey and in Transport Statistics Great Britain both available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the franchise of each Train Operating Companies is due for renewal.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
The attached table shows the renewal date for all franchise agreements.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what are the current outstanding by-elections for hereditary peers, indicating in each case the numbers of electors to be involved.
Answered by Lord McFall of Alcluith
The by-elections for hereditary peers currently outstanding are to fill the vacancies left by the retirements of the Earl of Selborne and the Countess of Mar. In respect of the vacancy created by the retirement of the Earl of Selborne the remaining 46 Conservative excepted hereditary peers are eligible to vote. In respect of the vacancy created by the retirement of the Countess of Mar the whole House is entitled to vote to fill the vacancy as she was elected by the whole House to act as a Deputy Chairman.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they have allocated to the privatised railway system in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
Net support to the railways in Great Britain by the Government is shown in the table below.
Government net support to the rail industry1
Year | £million (nominal) |
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2007-08 | 5,315 |
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2008-09 | 5,003 |
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2009-10 | 4,696 |
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2010-11 | 4,251 |
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2011-12 | 4,554 |
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2012-13 | 5,173 |
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2013-14 | 5,370 |
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2014-15 | 4,864 |
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2015-16 | 4,763 |
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2016-17 | 4,246 |
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1 Includes support from the Department for Transport, and the Scottish and Welsh Governments
Source: Office of Rail and Road (ORR)
The figures represent the net contribution made by the Government and are offset against payments received from rail industry bodies, such as the overall premium paid by Train Operating Companies (TOCs). The grant given to Network Rail and direct Government funding towards railway projects are included in the total.
These figures reflect Government support to the GB national railway and therefore do not include any Government support to tram, light rail, underground networks or the Northern Irish rail networks.