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21 July 2009 : Column 1234W—continued
Mrs. Villiers:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 298W, on Southern: standards, what targets Southern Railways
has set for (a) trains, (b) stations and (c) customer service in the (i) south London, (ii) Sussex and coast and (iii) Gatwick Express service group of its franchise. [289230]
Chris Mole: GoVia, as part of the South Central franchise agreement, has committed to achieve the following customer satisfaction scores for 2010 and 2014 as measured by the National Passenger Survey:
| Percentage | |||
| NPS targets | Stations | Trains | Customer service |
| (1 )Gatwick Express refers to Gatwick to London Victoria non-stop services only. | |||
Targets within the franchise agreement are set on a year by year basis and are measured as the average of the two NPS surveys per year. No targets are set for Gatwick Express stations as Network Rail manages both stations at which Gatwick Express calls.
Strategic Investment Fund
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to page 49 of "Building Britain's Future", Cm 7654, how much his Department has contributed to the Strategic Investment Fund. [289188]
Chris Mole: The Department for Transport has not made any contribution to the Strategic Investment Fund.
Suburban Development Research
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19 October 2006, Official Report, column 1424W, on suburban development research, whether the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's SOLUTIONS project has (a) reached its conclusions and (b) published its recommendations; and how much the programme has received from the public purse. [288256]
Mr. Khan: The Sustainability of Land Use and Transport in Outer Neighbourhoods (SOLUTIONS) project has finished case studies of London and the Wider South East Regions and of the Tyne and Wear City Region and is awaiting feedback from our non-academic partners before reaching final conclusions.
The project has not yet published its final recommendations but has posted draft reports about the project and case studies on the website www.regionalvisions.ac.uk. The final version of the reports will be published on the website and we will provide a copy for the Libraries of the House.
The programme of research over a period of five years has received £1.75 million from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and funding from the Department for Transport and the Department for Communities and Local Government. The expected contribution is expected be approximately £120,000 between the two Departments.
Transport Innovation Fund
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1445-46W, on the Transport Innovation Fund, and with reference to his Department's publication, "Supporting the development of TIF packages", published on 4 March 2009, how much funding his Department intends to allocate to the Transport Innovation Fund in each year to 2018-19. [288190]
Mr. Khan [holding answer 20 July 2009]: The following table shows the total value in each year of allocations of support to individual projects that have already been made from the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF). Decisions on the total of TIF funding will be taken as any further projects come up for approval, and for the years from 2011-12 decisions will be made when the Department for Transport's overall budget is allocated as part of Government-wide processes:
| £ million | |
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 103W, on the Transport Innovation Fund, how much funding has been allocated to each of the projects named in the answer; and over what timescale in each case. [288572]
Mr. Khan: The following table sets out the total funding allocated by year from the Transport Innovation Fund to each of the projects:
| £ million | ||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | Total | |
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2009, Official Report, column 1445W, on the Transport Innovation Fund, how much of the Government's contribution to Crossrail will be supported by the Transport Innovation Fund; and from which stream. [289228]
Mr. Khan: All of the Government's grant contribution to the cost of Crossrail will be supported by the Transport Innovation Fund in recognition of its significant contribution to national economic productivity.
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