Ian C. Lucas: DfT: All Documents

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Rail Infrastructure (Train Operating Companies)

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Transport for London and Merseyrail are successful vertically integrated train companies. Why, if we want more integration, do we not apply their successful model, which attracts public and private investment, to the rest of our railway network?..."
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Written Question

Railways: Expenditure

Thursday 24th November 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Government funding has been allocated to rail capital investment projects in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Paul Maynard

Government capital expenditure on rail from 2006-07 to 2015-16 for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is shown in the tables below.

Table 1. Government capital expenditure on rail by country

Figures are in £000’s

	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	UK
2006-07	4,509,356	612,948	113,618	1,579	5,237,501
2007-08	4,521,593	674,355	95,782	27,372	5,319,102
2008-09	5,353,780	502,012	148,576	39,050	6,043,418
2009-10	4,893,167	530,574	195,917	35,722	5,655,379
2010-11	4,850,424	444,991	185,986	-1,400	5,480,001
2011-12¹	5,865,380	461,923	209,568	92,066	6,628,937
2012-13	6,165,214	445,936	221,883	41,106	6,874,139
2013-14	6,275,501	453,321	209,579	16,228	6,954,629
2014-15	7,191,562	584,511	238,269	26,701	8,041,043
2015-16²	10,154,191	199,705	320,379	39,422	10,713,697

Notes:

1. Local Government capital expenditure (made up mostly of Crossrail Ltd.) was introduced into the statistics from 2011-12, which caused a substantial increase in the overall spending level.

2. The step change in capital spending between 2014-15 and 2015-16 is mainly due to a change in the reporting of Network Rail finances following its reclassification as a public body. The allocation of Network Rail expenditure has also changed following its reclassification as a public body, resulting in a series break in 2015-16. As a result, expenditure by country in 2015-16 is not directly comparable with previous years.

Table 2. Government capital expenditure on rail by country;

2015-16 prices

Figures are in £000’s

	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	UK
2006-07	5,253,001	714,030	132,355	1,840	6,101,225
2007-08	5,142,734	766,992	108,940	31,132	6,049,799
2008-09	5,928,161	555,870	164,516	43,239	6,691,787
2009-10	5,344,582	579,522	213,991	39,018	6,177,112
2010-11	5,202,742	477,314	199,495	-1,502	5,878,049
2011-12¹	6,205,251	488,689	221,711	97,401	7,013,053
2012-13	6,388,318	462,073	229,912	42,594	7,122,897
2013-14	6,397,092	462,104	213,640	16,542	7,089,379
2014-15	7,223,269	587,088	239,319	26,819	8,076,495
2015-16²	10,154,191	199,705	320,379	39,422	10,713,697

Real terms figures are the nominal figures adjusted to 2015-16 prices using GDP deflators from the Office for National Statistics (released 30 September 2016).

Notes:

1. Local Government capital expenditure (made up mostly of Crossrail Ltd.) was introduced into the statistics from 2011-12, which caused a substantial increase in the overall spending level.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2016
HS2 Update

"If HS2 is indeed to benefit the whole of the UK, it is important that areas such as north Wales, with its important routes to Ireland, receive investment and connectivity. May I therefore press the Secretary of State on the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for City …..."
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Written Question

Airports

Friday 4th November 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the runway capacity was for each UK airport in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by John Hayes

UK Aviation Forecasts (Department for Transport, January 2013), Table 3.10 gave estimates of annual runway and passenger capacities for the 31 principal UK airports in 2008. See: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/223839/aviation-forecasts.pdf.

Strategic Fit Forecasts (Airports Commission, July 2015), Table 3.2 gave estimates of annual runway and passenger capacities for the 31 principal UK airports in 2011. See

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439687/strategic-fit-updated-forecasts.pdf.

Written Question

Airports: North West

Friday 4th November 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 49985, how many passengers travelled by (a) road and (b) train to (i) Manchester and (ii) Liverpool Airport in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by John Hayes

The total number of (a) road passengers and (b) rail passengers to and from both (i) Manchester airport and (ii) Liverpool airport for each year 2006-2015 are presented in the table below.

The data is drawn from the CAA passenger survey for each year between 2006-2015 for Manchester airport and the years 2007, 2010, 2014, and 2015 for Liverpool airport.

Year	(a)Road (million passengers) (i)Manchester (ii)Liverpool		(b)Rail (million passengers) (i)Manchester (ii)Liverpool
2006	19.7	4.7	1.7	0.19
2007	19.2	5.1	1.8	0.20
2008	18.5	5.0	1.8	0.20
2009	16.2	4.6	1.9	0.18
2010	15.1	4.8	2.0	0.05
2011	16.0	5.0	2.2	0.05
2012	16.5	4.2	2.6	0.05
2013	17.2	4.0	2.8	0.04
2014	18.0	3.8	3.0	0.06
2015	19.3	4.1	2.9	0.10
Underlined figures represent best estimates for years when no survey was conducted, based on the mode share split for the most recent year surveyed.

The numbers in the table reflect the principal mode of transport used by passengers to travel to or from the airport. This may not always be the final access mode.

Written Question

Airports

Tuesday 1st November 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the runway capacity was for each UK airport in the last 10 years.

Answered by John Hayes

Strategic Fit Forecasts (Airports Commission, July 2015), Table 3.2 gave estimates of annual runway and passenger capacities for the 31 principal UK airports in 2011. See

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439687/strategic-fit-updated-forecasts.pdf

Written Question

Airports: North West

Monday 31st October 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled by (a) road and (b) train to (i) Manchester and (ii) Liverpool Airport in the last 10 years.

Answered by John Hayes

The total number of (a) road passengers travelling in the 10 year period 2006-2015 to and from (i) Manchester Airport was 176 million, and to and from (ii) Liverpool Airport it was 45 million. The total number of (b) rail passengers in the same period to and from (i) Manchester Airport was 23 million, and to and from (ii) Liverpool Airport it was 1 million.

Written Question

Driving Tests: Wrexham

Tuesday 8th March 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to close the driving test centre in Wrexham.

Answered by Andrew Jones

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has no plans to close the driving test centre at Birchall House, Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham that provides car practical tests. The DVSA currently provides LGV vocational testing at our site at Llay Road, Wrexham. The DVSA is looking to move testing from this site. The site will not be closed until a suitable alternative for the delivery of LGV vocational testing in the Wrexham area has been secured.

Written Question

Driving Tests: Wrexham

Thursday 3rd March 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to maintain funding for a Driving Test Centre in Wrexham.

Answered by Andrew Jones

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) plans to maintain its funding obligations in relation to Wrexham Driving Test Centre.

Written Question

Railways: Franchises

Thursday 28th January 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 20950, how many other rail franchises his Department has commented on to the Office of Rail and Road in relation to track access when new additional paths are created.

Answered by Claire Perry

The Department does on occasion offer comments to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) on track access applications that could affect the Department’s franchised train operations, in order to ensure that the ORR is aware of the potential implications of such applications for the Department’s financial and policy position. During the course of 2015 the Department offered comments in response to applications from Arriva Trains Wales, Crossrail (MTR), Hull Trains, Grand Central, Alliance Rail (GNWR) & (GNER) and Heathrow Express.