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1121733

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the requirement was for companies to cover pension costs as part of the franchising arrangements was first introduced.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	245609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Railways Pension Scheme was established in 1994, replacing the previous British Rail scheme. Contributions in to the Railways Pension Scheme are split according to a shared cost arrangement, whereby employers (the Train Operating Companies) pay 60% and employees pay the remaining 40%. Since franchising arrangements were first introduced Train Operating Companies have been, and continue to be, responsible for paying employer pension contributions during a franchise term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2019 11:35:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1121778

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of train passengers when train guards are removed.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	245851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Whilst decisions on staffing are for individual operators, the Government has been clear that it wants to see more staff on our railway, not fewer, and it is not aware of any plans by franchised operators to remove guards from train services.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to the mode of train operation and guards, the ORR, the independent rail regulator, and the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) have found that Driver Controlled Operation (DCO), where the train driver has responsibility for opening and closing the doors and dispatching the train from a station but a guard / second crew member continues to be rostered on the train, is safe.</p><p> </p><p>An RSSB report also concluded that the introduction of DCO according to the standard safety management requirements that all rail companies routinely meet does not increase any other passenger safety risks and furthermore that cancelling a DCO train in the absence of its guard / second crew member is more risky than running it with only its driver.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2019 13:16:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1121779

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of staffing reductions on levels of reported crime on trains.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	245852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department works with the British Transport Police (BTP) to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour on the railways in Great Britain. Under their franchise agreements, Train Operating Companies are required to work with the BTP to manage and reduce railway crime. British Transport Police officer numbers have remained relatively stable on the network over the last five years and are currently (2017/18) nearly 3,100 by comparison to just over 2,900 in 2009/10.</p><p>With growing passenger numbers, the Department has been clear that it wants to see more train operating company customer-facing staff on the railways, not fewer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The BTP keeps records of crime reported on the railways. Crime figures should be considered in the context of rising passenger numbers, with crimes per million passenger journeys remaining relatively low and having decreased overall between 2014 and 2017.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to factors influencing the levels of report crime on trains, the BTP has run a number of successful initiatives in recent years to encourage more reporting of crimes, which is likely to be a factor in the numbers of crimes reported. For example, BTP has a popular dedicated crime reporting text service - ‘61016’ – which allows people to report offences to the police easily and discreetly.</p><p> </p><p>The levels of crime that are seen on the railway broadly mirror those seen across society as a whole, as recorded by the territorial police forces.</p><p> </p><p>A recent report by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) concluded that driver controlled train operation by comparison with conductor operation does not increase passenger safety risks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2019 13:31:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1121783

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve accessibility on the railway for disabled passengers in the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	245855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to improving access to the rail network and a further 10 stations in the North West were included in the recent Access for All announcement. Northern Rail are required to spend at least £250,000 on station accessibility improvements in each year of their franchise and in addition deliver 10 accessible hub stations.</p><p> </p><p>New and refurbished trains that meet modern accessibility standards are being introduced in the coming months. These will provide audio visual passenger information systems, priority seating, and wheelchair spaces among other accessibility features for disabled passengers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/04/2019 11:02:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1121784

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rural train lines and services in the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	245856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Northern and TransPennine Express franchises will transform rail services across the north. Rural lines in the north west will benefit from the removal of all Pacer trains, and all trains operating will either be new or fully refurbished. Stations in the region are also benefitting from some of the £55m investment by both franchises in improving facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2019 11:20:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1121785

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of rail passenger numbers in the North West in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	245857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publishes annual statistics on regional rail usage. The number of rail journeys made to/from and within the North West region in each of the last 20 years is presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rail journeys to, from and within the North West: from 1997-98</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Journeys (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>49,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>50,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>52,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>51,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>51,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>51,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>55,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>58,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>64,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>67,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>71,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09 (*)</p></td><td><p>105,819</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>106,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>111,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>115,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>113,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>121,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>124,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>128,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>133,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>134,420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Office of Rail and Road</p><p> </p><p>(*) Methodological changes have improved these statistics over time. Most notably from 2008-09, new estimates of rail travel in passenger transport executives (PTEs) areas were included in the dataset for the first time, providing a more complete representation of rail passenger journeys.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2019 11:31:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1121801

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Boating: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the disposal of sewerage from leisure boats into the ocean.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	245955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of the effect of the number of pump-out sewerage facilities available to leisure crafts on the amount of untreated sewerage waste entering the ocean.</p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is responsible for the regulation of the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships. These regulations apply to ships engaged on international voyages over 400 gross tonnage and ships less than 400 gross tonnage which are certified to carry more than 15 persons. This means most leisure craft fall outside these regulations.</p><p> </p><p>However, environmental awareness is promoted to the recreational boating sector through voluntary best practice such as the Green Blue created by British Marine and the Royal Yachting Association. Typically, marinas provide suitable facilities for their users, promoting environmental sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 245956 245957 245958 245959 question first answered 25/04/2019 10:30:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1121802

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Boating: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of the legality of the effect of sewerage discharge from leisure boats on the environmental health of (a) the ocean and (b) Portsmouth Harbour.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	245956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of the effect of the number of pump-out sewerage facilities available to leisure crafts on the amount of untreated sewerage waste entering the ocean.</p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is responsible for the regulation of the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships. These regulations apply to ships engaged on international voyages over 400 gross tonnage and ships less than 400 gross tonnage which are certified to carry more than 15 persons. This means most leisure craft fall outside these regulations.</p><p> </p><p>However, environmental awareness is promoted to the recreational boating sector through voluntary best practice such as the Green Blue created by British Marine and the Royal Yachting Association. Typically, marinas provide suitable facilities for their users, promoting environmental sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 245955 245957 245958 245959 question first answered 25/04/2019 10:30:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1121803

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Boating: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make the discharge of sewerage from leisure boats into the ocean illegal.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	245957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of the effect of the number of pump-out sewerage facilities available to leisure crafts on the amount of untreated sewerage waste entering the ocean.</p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is responsible for the regulation of the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships. These regulations apply to ships engaged on international voyages over 400 gross tonnage and ships less than 400 gross tonnage which are certified to carry more than 15 persons. This means most leisure craft fall outside these regulations.</p><p> </p><p>However, environmental awareness is promoted to the recreational boating sector through voluntary best practice such as the Green Blue created by British Marine and the Royal Yachting Association. Typically, marinas provide suitable facilities for their users, promoting environmental sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 245955 245956 245958 245959 question first answered 25/04/2019 10:30:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1121804

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Boating: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the number of pump-out sewerage facilities available to leisure crafts on the amount of untreated sewerage waste entering the ocean.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	245958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of the effect of the number of pump-out sewerage facilities available to leisure crafts on the amount of untreated sewerage waste entering the ocean.</p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is responsible for the regulation of the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships. These regulations apply to ships engaged on international voyages over 400 gross tonnage and ships less than 400 gross tonnage which are certified to carry more than 15 persons. This means most leisure craft fall outside these regulations.</p><p> </p><p>However, environmental awareness is promoted to the recreational boating sector through voluntary best practice such as the Green Blue created by British Marine and the Royal Yachting Association. Typically, marinas provide suitable facilities for their users, promoting environmental sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 245955 245956 245957 245959 question first answered 25/04/2019 10:30:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan