Asked by: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make bicycles subject to rule 124 of the Highway Code.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)
The Government does not currently have any plans to make bicycles subject to rule 124 of the Highway Code.
Asked by: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to protect elderly and disabled pedestrians from cyclists illegally riding on the pavement.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)
Cycling on the pavement is an offence, other than in designated areas such as shared use paths. The enforcement of cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police.
Asked by: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to discourage illegal cycling on pavements.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Cycling on the pavement is an offence, other than in designated areas such as shared use paths. The enforcement of cycling offences is an operational matter for the police.
Asked by: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 14 March (HL14167), whether the Accounting Officer issued an Accounting Officer Statement on no-deal ferry contracts in line with Cabinet Office-Treasury guidance; and, if so, whether they will publish it.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
An accounting officer assessment was completed in relation to the Department’s no-deal contingency planning for additional maritime freight capacity. The assessment concluded that the contracts met the requirements of Managing Public Money.
Asked by: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many ministerial directions the Secretary of State for Transport has given his Accounting Officer since July 2016; and on which issues.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
Bernadette Kelly, the accounting officer for the Department for Transport, sought a written ministerial direction on 7 February 2018 for expenditure on EU Exit preparations. This covered activity related to the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill in advance of the relevant supporting legislation receiving Royal Assent. The Bill subsequently received Royal Assent on 19 July 2018 and is now an Act of Parliament.
No other ministerial directions have been sought.
Asked by: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the combined cost of phases 1 and 2 of High Speed 2; and what was the estimated cost of phases 1 and 2 in 2010 when the scheme was reviewed.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The current HS2 funding envelope is £55.73bn (at 2015 prices), as set out in the 2015 Spending Review settlement. This is split between phases, with Phase One set at £27.18bn and Phase 2a&b at £28.55bn.
At the 2013 Spending Review the HS2 funding envelope was at £50.1bn (at 2011 prices). This funding allocation was split as follows: Phase One £21.4bn, Phase 2 £21.2bn and Rolling Stock £7.5bn. Spending Review 2013 was the first time a long term funding envelope was established for the HS2 network.
Asked by: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of plans for a Garden Bridge in London.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Department for Transport was provided with a business case for a garden bridge in London in 2014. The business case was assessed in accordance with normal Departmental procedures.
It is a matter for the Garden Bridge Trust to manage the project going forward.