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1400313

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many items of guidance have been issued by his Department to Train Operating Companies in each of the last 36 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	99000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials communicate with Train Operating Companies on a daily basis, including providing guidance on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2022 11:51:17 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1400314

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 the cost to passengers of the 3.8 per cent increase in rail fares due in March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	99001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Rail fares increases will be capped and tied to the Retail Price Index (RPI) figure for July 2021 (3.8 per cent). The Government has deliberately continued to use the July figure as it was lower than the months since, as an August or September RPI figure would have led to a 4.8 per cent or 4.9 per cent change with October being even higher at 6 per cent. In addition, as with 2021, we have temporarily frozen fares for passengers to travel at the lower price for the entirety of January and February 2022, with fares changing on 1 March 2022.</p><p>The Department takes guidance from the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook on the effects of changes to fares on rail demand. There are a number of factors which impact passenger demand, including most notably at the moment the pandemic’s impact on passenger travel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 99002 99004 question first answered 11/01/2022 10:19:29 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1400315

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 fare increases on passenger numbers; and if he will place a copy in the Library of that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	99002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Rail fares increases will be capped and tied to the Retail Price Index (RPI) figure for July 2021 (3.8 per cent). The Government has deliberately continued to use the July figure as it was lower than the months since, as an August or September RPI figure would have led to a 4.8 per cent or 4.9 per cent change with October being even higher at 6 per cent. In addition, as with 2021, we have temporarily frozen fares for passengers to travel at the lower price for the entirety of January and February 2022, with fares changing on 1 March 2022.</p><p>The Department takes guidance from the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook on the effects of changes to fares on rail demand. There are a number of factors which impact passenger demand, including most notably at the moment the pandemic’s impact on passenger travel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 99001 99004 question first answered 11/01/2022 10:19:29 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1400316

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occassions the Book With Confidence scheme has been used by passengers since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	99003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>While it is not possible to track the specific number of occasions where the Book with Confidence scheme has been used by passengers, rail industry survey data suggests that the scheme has contributed significantly to passenger willingness to travel by train during the pandemic. The Government has therefore extended the Book with Confidence scheme through to 31 March 2022, in recognition of the continuing uncertainty facing passengers due to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2022 10:22:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1400317

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the average passenger fare per journey following the 3.8 per cent increase in rail fares in March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	99004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Rail fares increases will be capped and tied to the Retail Price Index (RPI) figure for July 2021 (3.8 per cent). The Government has deliberately continued to use the July figure as it was lower than the months since, as an August or September RPI figure would have led to a 4.8 per cent or 4.9 per cent change with October being even higher at 6 per cent. In addition, as with 2021, we have temporarily frozen fares for passengers to travel at the lower price for the entirety of January and February 2022, with fares changing on 1 March 2022.</p><p>The Department takes guidance from the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook on the effects of changes to fares on rail demand. There are a number of factors which impact passenger demand, including most notably at the moment the pandemic’s impact on passenger travel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 99001 99002 question first answered 11/01/2022 10:19:29 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1400318

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fuels
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 the total cost of fuel to franchised train operators in each year from 2015 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	99005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the total diesel fuel and traction electricity charges from 2015/16 to date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£m<sup>1</sup></em></p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>558</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>506</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>522</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>611</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>539</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>297</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ORR data portal and train operating company management accounts</em></p><p><sup>1</sup> Figures are shown in £m for each financial year. For the period 2015/16 to 2020/21, figures are in 2020/21 prices. For 2021/22, figures are in 2021/22 prices.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>The figures for 2021/22 are taken from management accounts supplied to the Department by DfT-franchised train operating companies. The period covered is from 1 April to 11 December 2021. There may still be wash-up payments between the Department and DfT-franchised operators for 2021/22 to take place which are not reflected in the above figures.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2022 10:15:28 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1400413

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for London: Finance
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 potential effect of a failure to secure a long-term funding deal for Transport for London beyond 4 February 2022 on (a) bus and (b) tube services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	99022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>We have repeatedly shown our commitment to supporting London's transport network through the pandemic, providing more than £4bn in emergency funding to Transport for London to keep essential services running, to enable businesses to continue to operate and key workers to continue their critical work in the capital. This is in addition to this year’s Spending Review settlement for London, which provided over a billion pounds of capital investment per year, in line with previous funding.</p><p>The Government remains committed to providing further extraordinary funding to mitigate fare revenue loss as a result of the pandemic and ensuring all TfL services, including the bus and tube network, keep running in a way that is fair to the national tax payer. The current funding deal was only temporarily extended until February due to the Mayor being late in terms of providing future options.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 11/01/2022 16:17:04 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1400426

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has estimates for the amount of freight transported across the A1 each week.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	99079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on the volume of freight that is carried on any specific route within the UK. The Department for Transport collects and publishes detailed information about domestic freight activity via the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport. However, while this survey asks the origin and destination of freight journeys, in order to minimise the burden on hauliers, it does not ask drivers to specify the route they have taken.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 11/01/2022 16:11:26 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1400479

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new roads have been built in each of the last ten years; and of those how many are unadopted by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	98910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The number of road enhancement schemes funded by the Department and completed in each of the last ten years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Local Road Network</p></td><td><p>Strategic Road Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes all road enhancement schemes funded by the Local Major Scheme Grant or those on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) from 2015/16. It includes capacity enhancement schemes as well as new roads.</p><p>In addition, the Department has funded a number of schemes over the past 10 years from targeted funding programmes. These programmes include the Local Pinch Point Fund and National Productivity Investment Fund and these include new roads and road improvements.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on schemes that may have been funded from Local Authorities’ own budgets (including those provided through formula funding allocations such as Integrated Transport Block funding). The Department does not hold information on new roads built by third party organisations, such as private developers.</p><p>All Department-funded road schemes will have been adopted by the relevant local highway authority.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 11/01/2022 16:13:57 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1400482

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unadopted Roads: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of unadopted roads on developments built in the last ten years do not have street lighting.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	98911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not keep a list, nor is routinely informed, of how many roads are built on housing developments.</p><p>The legislation covering the process for local highway authority adoption of private roads into the public road network is set out in the Highways Act 1980. The Department has no plans to review this legislation since it continues to ensure that any new roads that are adopted and then maintained at public expense are built to the required standard.</p><p>The Department does provide advice to developers and highway authorities on the road adoption process. The 2017 Advice Note can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-of-roads-by-highway-authorities" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-of-roads-by-highway-authorities</a>. An update of this advice note is planned to be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 98913 question first answered 11/01/2022 16:08:32 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins