{"value":{"id":391994,"askingMemberId":621,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-07-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-08-04T00:00:00","uin":"HL1757","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to transfer more surface railways to Transport for London.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4210,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As demonstrated by the various routes and services devolved to Transport for London (TfL) since 2007, the Department for Transport is committed to transferring services to local control where there is a business case for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018, Heathrow Connect services are due to be transferred to TfL control in preparation for full operation of Crossrail.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Transport for London","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/391994","method":"GET"}]}