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date	20/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what legislation or regulations the establishment and functions of the Rail North and the Rail North Board are based.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	34753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Association of Rail North Partner Authorities was established as a local government association under section 143 of the Local Government Act 1972 to discuss and consult as to their common interests on rail matters.</p><p>The powers to establish and join Rail North Ltd are in the case of combined authorities their well-being power under section 102A (linked to section 99) of the Local Transport Act 2008 and/or their functional power of competence under section 113A of the Local Democracy, Economic Development Act 2009 (inserted by section 13 of the Localism Act 2011). In the case of county councils and unitary authorities the relevant power is their general power of competence under section 1 of the Localism Act 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2016 14:18:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

514542

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on whether there is a correlation between staffing levels on trains and stations and the number of reported sexual offences on trains and in stations.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	34755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government considers the safety of passengers on the railway to be of paramount importance and is committed to reducing crime, anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime wherever it occurs in the transport system. The Department for Transport does not hold any information on whether there is a correlation between staffing levels on trains and stations and the number of reported sexual offences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/04/2016 14:22:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

514545

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the members are of (a) Rail North and (b) the Rail North Board; and how those members are appointed.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	34744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Members of Rail North:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council</li><li>Blackpool Borough Council</li><li>Cheshire East Council</li><li>Cheshire West &amp; Chester Council</li><li>City of York Council</li><li>Cumbria County Council</li><li>Darlington Borough Council</li><li>Derbyshire County Council</li><li>East Riding of Yorkshire Council</li><li>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</li><li>Hartlepool Borough Council</li><li>Hull City Council</li><li>Lancashire County Council</li><li>Lincolnshire County Council</li><li>Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral)</li><li>Middlesbrough Council</li><li>North East Combined Authority (Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland)</li><li>North East Lincolnshire Council</li><li>North Lincolnshire Council</li><li>North Yorkshire County Council</li><li>Nottingham City Council</li><li>Nottinghamshire County Council</li><li>Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council</li><li>Sheffield City Region Combined Authority (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)</li><li>Staffordshire County Council</li><li>Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council</li><li>Stoke-on-Trent City Council</li><li>Warrington Borough Council</li><li>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</li></ul><p> </p><p>Rail North Ltd Board Directors are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Bill Dixon (Tees Valley)</li><li>Chris Metcalf (North Yorkshire)</li><li>David Brown (Cheshire and the Potteries)</li><li>Dean Collins (East Midlands)</li><li>John Fillis (Lancashire and Cumbria)</li><li>Julie Dore (Sheffield City Region Combined Authority)</li><li>Keith Wakefield (West Yorkshire Combined Authority)</li><li>Liam Robinson (Liverpool City Region Combined Authority)</li><li>Liz Redfern (Humber Authorities)</li><li>Nick Forbes (North East Combined Authority)</li><li>Richard Leese (Greater Manchester Combined Authority)</li></ul><p> </p><p>Any Local transport Authority in the North of England area covered by Northern and TransPennine franchises is entitled to be a member of Rail North.</p><p> </p><p>Rail North Board Directors are appointed by the constituent authorities of the sub-areas they represent.</p><p> </p><p>Note that Tees Valley Authorities have recently formed a Combined Authority and will, on formal notification, be represented through that single body in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2016 14:12:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald