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date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the scheduled opening and closing times of every ticket office along the Brighton Mainline portion of the Govia Thameslink Railway franchise are; whether those opening times have been met in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The regulated opening hours of ticket offices are set out in Schedule 17 of the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement which is published by the Rail Delivery Group on their website.</p><p><a href="https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/files/Publications/services/rsp/TSA_schedule_17_July_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/files/Publications/services/rsp/TSA_schedule_17_July_2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This information has been placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p>Compliance with these hours is not monitored by the Department. We expect that Govia Thameslink Railway will manage the opening hours effectively.</p><p> </p><p>If an issue is raised with the Department, we will investigate as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 15:13:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

757080

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
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 technology required for the introduction of part-time season tickets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has announced his ambition for all passengers to have a smart choice for their ticket by the end of 2018. In the Autumn Statement 2016, the government committed to spend around £80m to accelerate the roll out of smart ticketing, including season tickets, singles and returns. Ultimately, smart ticketing can help to unlock further innovations, such as multi-buy season tickets and pay-as-you-go ticketing.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 12:16:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

757081

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make part-time tickets available on the Govia Thameslink Railway franchise by 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Officials continue to work with Govia Thameslink Railway on implementing part time season tickets and are currently discussing the enhancements to GTR’s KeyGo product that would be required to run a trial. The routes on which a trial may take place have yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 12:19:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

757082

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) amend the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement to make part-time season tickets a requirement across all railway franchises and (b) make the provision of part-time season tickets a requirement when re-letting railway franchises.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The mechanics for the sale of rail tickets are governed by the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement (TSA), a detailed document that is maintained by the Rail Delivery Group, and any amendments are for the RDG to propose. However, I expect that the planned Rail Ombudsman will help to identify areas of the TSA where changes may be beneficial and that RDG will accordingly keep the Agreement under review.</p><p> </p><p>In the franchise re-letting process the Department requires a franchisee to give customers who travel to work or commute part-time a better value for money option than buying multiple return journeys.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 16:59:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas