Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff have left his Department since 1 January 2015; and how many of those members of staff were nationals of non-UK EU countries.
Answered by John Hayes
Including the central Department and the Executive Agencies, 5140 individuals have left since 1 January, 2015. Of those individuals, 31 can be confirmed as non-UK EU nationals.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the steps his Department is taking to ensure the close monitoring of ships registered to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea which change their (a) ship names, (b) flag, (c) company name and (d) reported beneficial owner; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by John Hayes
The Department for Transport takes all possible measures to ensure that all states implement and enforce UN Security Council resolutions. Such measures can include engagement with partner states, and the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), regarding the misuse of country flags by ships connected to the DPRK.
UN Security Council resolutions call on Member States to de-register any vessel that is owned, operated or crewed by the DPRK, and not to register any such vessels that have been de-registered by another Member State. The ship registry of the UK fully complies with this measure.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking proactively to monitor Democratic People's Republic of Korea foreign-flagged ships in order to ensure enforcement of the mandate to inspect their cargo; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by John Hayes
The Department for Transport takes all possible measures to ensure that all states implement and enforce UN Security Council resolutions. Such measures can include engagement with partner states, and the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), regarding the misuse of country flags by ships connected to the DPRK.
UN Security Council resolutions call on Member States to de-register any vessel that is owned, operated or crewed by the DPRK, and not to register any such vessels that have been de-registered by another Member State. The ship registry of the UK fully complies with this measure.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been of electrification of the railway line (a) in the Severn Tunnel, (b) between the Severn Tunnel and Cardiff Central station, (c) between Cardiff Central Station and Bridgend, (d) between Bridgend and Port Talbot Parkway, (e) between Port Talbot Parkway and Neath and (f) between Neath and Swansea; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Paul Maynard
Network Rail is delivering the Great Western Electrification Programme to the dates set out in the latest publication of their Enhancement Delivery plan.
This includes completing electrification of the Great Western Mainline to Cardiff Central by December 2018. The recent National Audit Office’s report states that electrification is expected to cost £2.8 billion.
Network Rail have advised the Department that expenditure on the mainline between Cardiff and Swansea has yet to be finalised.