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985701

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date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) terms of conditions, (b) remuneration and (c) hours of work are for the panel members of the Rail Review Panel.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	178319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has used its standard terms and conditions of public appointment, which do not prescribe a set working hours limit. The obligation for the members is to assist the Chair, Keith Williams, to fulfil the terms of reference that were announced by the Secretary of State for Transport on 11<sup>th</sup> October 2018. Members of the panel will agree with the Chair the necessary time commitment to do this; this may vary across Members and during different stages of the Review. None of the members will be remunerated for their work.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 10:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

985704

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for the introduction of the one-click compensation scheme on the railways.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	178320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>One-click compensation will be introduced through future UK Government-run franchise competitions. Some operators, such as C2C, have already introduced fast claims systems under their own initiative.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 10:09:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

985708

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Office for Rail and Road’s decision not to authorise any more Intercity Express Programme Class 800/801 for the London and North Eastern Railway until safety issues have been addressed on the introduction of the fleet into traffic in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	178321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>It is not uncommon when introducing new trains that rigorous test programmes raise issues that must be resolved before passenger service begins. The rail industry’s utmost priorities are the safe introduction of services and to ensure passengers on the East Coast route receive the planned benefits of the new Intercity Express Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is working closely with the Office for Rail and Road (ORR), Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE), London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and Network Rail (NR) to address the concerns raised by the ORR and bring the fleet into passenger service as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The full benefits of the Government-led Intercity Express Programme, including increased capacity, improved reliability and more frequent services for passengers on the East Coast route, will be delivered once the full fleet is in service in 2020. But in the meantime each and every train that is introduced will itself improve journeys for LNER customers.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 09:02:02 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

985710

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice he provided to train operating companies on the measure of inflation to be used for future pay negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	178322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has asked the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to support the industry in developing an approach to move towards adopting CPI as the inflation measure for future pay deals. We have made a similar request of the trades unions, with the aim of ensuring that the railway is affordable for the fare paying and tax paying public for decades to come.</p><p> </p><p>It may be appropriate to have above inflation pay where there are productivity or similar improvements.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 10:01:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald