Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) individual value of contracts with Fujitsu entered into by (i) executive agencies of the Department for Transport, (ii) the Northern Lighthouse Board, (iii) Trinity House, (iv) the Civil Aviation Authority and (v) the British Transport Police Authority since 2012.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
I can confirm that currently there are no live contracts between Fujitsu and the entities you have listed.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Network North: Transforming British Transport, published in October 2023, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales as a result of the proposals contained in that document.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Network North announcement is being funded by redirecting HS2 funding. The Barnett formula will continue to apply in the usual way.
To note any changes to devolved administration funding will be confirmed at relevant fiscal events and Estimates. All fiscal decisions are a matter for HM Treasury
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report of the Committee on Freedom of Association of the International Labour Organization on Case No. 3432 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, whether her Department plans to take steps to implement the recommendations in paragraph 651 of that report.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government will consider the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association’s recommendations and will provide information on these to the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) in due course.
The Government remains committed to all ILO Conventions we have ratified, including Convention 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, and Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total Barnett consequentials due to Scotland with the completion of Phases 1, 2a, 2b, and 3 of High Speed 2.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Barnett consequentials will continue to apply in the usual way for all three devolved administrations as set out in the published Statement of Funding Policy document. All decisions on Barnett consequentials beyond the Spending Round 2021 period will be taken at the next Spending Round.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department made of the Barnett consequentials for Scotland of expenditure on High Speed 2 as of 3 October 2023.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Barnett consequentials will continue to apply in the usual way for all three devolved administrations as set out in the published Statement of Funding Policy document. All decisions on Barnett consequentials beyond the Spending Round 2021 period will be taken at the next Spending Round.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequential funding for Scotland following completion of Phase 1 of High Speed 2.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Barnett consequentials will continue to apply in the usual way for all three devolved administrations as set out in the published Statement of Funding Policy document. All decisions on Barnett consequentials beyond the Spending Round 2021 period will be taken at the next Spending Round.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department informed (a) Network Rail Ltd, (b) First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd, (c) Manchester Airport Holdings Ltd and (d) Birmingham Airport Ltd of its decision to cancel HS2 Phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b routes.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
On 4 October, the Prime Minister announced Network North – this Government’s transport investment vision to drive better connectivity across the North, the Midlands, and the country – and confirmed that the Government would not proceed with the construction of HS2 Phase 2a, Phase 2b Western Leg and HS2 East.
Ministers and officials of the Department for Transport have engaged with relevant stakeholders to discuss the announcement and its implications.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 158968 on High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station, what the total cost of the purchase of land and property for the development of London Euston station in connection with High Speed Two, Phase 1 is as of 7 November 2023.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
With reference to the 73 cases south of Hampstead Road, the total cost as of 7th November, is £995,039,073 (inclusive of VAT where relevant). The Government remains committed to delivering HS2 to Euston and set out a new ambitious development-led approach in the Command Paper: Network North.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 158968 on High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station, how many and what proportion of land and property acquisitions by HS2 Ltd in connection with the development of London Euston station were secured by (a) legal agreement with the owners of that land and property and (b) compulsory purchase order.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd acquired 73 property interests in connection with the development of London Euston station. Of these 10 were acquired by agreement (13.7%) and 63 were acquired by compulsory purchase (86.3%).
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of administration fees charged by providers of services operated under the Cycle to Work scheme on independent cycle shops.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport has not made any such assessment.