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754888

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Brighton Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 21 March 2017 to Question 68148, if he will take steps to safeguard for transport purposes critical land in the central Croydon area for the Brighton Mainline upgrade; what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail about that land; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	6450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Brighton Mainline upgrade proposals are at a relatively early stage of development. We are continuing to support Network Rail in refining the proposals, and as part of this we will consider advice it puts forward on land requirements. This assessment will be in light of the overall business case for the upgrade proposals.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/09/2017 16:48:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

754907

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 July 2016 to Question 43366, for what reasons the requirements for services to be Driver Only Operation were (a) not redacted in the Invitation to Tender for the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Franchise and (b) redacted on the GTR Franchise Agreement; if he will remove the redactions on the requirements for services to be Driver Only Operation on the GTR Franchise Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	6546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The TSGN Invitation To Tender requirements for Driver Only Operation were not redacted as they were a stated requirement of the Department for all bidders. The requirements for Driver Only Operation were redacted from the TSGN Franchise Agreement on the grounds of commercial interests and they remain redacted on the same grounds.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/09/2017 16:29:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

732576

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons some appendices were missing from the published version of the report by Chris Gibb, Changes to improve the performance of the Southern network and train services and restore passenger confidence, published in December 2016; and whose decision it was not to (a) publish Appendix 9 on recommendations regarding the Govia Thameslink Railway franchise agreement and (b) make an explicit reference to or indicate the redaction of that appendix.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Chris Gibb’s independent report was published on 22 June. The Department for Transport have published the full report. Two sections were redacted to protect commercial confidentiality, these are Appendix 9 and a paragraph in the main body of the report at section 4.1.3. Aside from these redactions only names, telephone numbers and photographs were redacted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 04/07/2017 13:59:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

732577

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which parts of the report by Chris Gibb, Changes to improve the performance of the Southern network and train services and restore passenger confidence, published in December 2016, have been redacted; and if he will list those redactions by page and paragraph number.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Chris Gibb’s independent report was published on 22 June. The Department for Transport have published the full report. Two sections were redacted to protect commercial confidentiality, these are Appendix 9 and a paragraph in the main body of the report at section 4.1.3. Aside from these redactions only names, telephone numbers and photographs were redacted.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 04/07/2017 14:04:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

731323

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71377, on Southern: standards, on what date the Government plans to publish the report by Chris Gibb on performance of the Southern rail franchise; for what reasons the Government did not publish that report before the General Election; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Chris Gibb report was published by the Department for Transport on 22 June 2017. The report is now available on the GOV.UK website along with the Secretary of State’s response. Please see links provided: GOV.UK website link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report</a></p><p> </p><p>SoS response link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>As soon as we received the report, the Department assessed Chris Gibb’s technical recommendations against work or commitments that were already planned or underway. In early January we committed an extra £300m funding for Network Rail to boost the resilience of the infrastructure along the Brighton mainline and associated routes. The report could not be published during the pre-election period and we have published the report as soon as possible following the general election.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/06/2017 14:17:11 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

724235

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Costs
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 percentage change in real terms of the average cost to the individual of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 1980, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	71854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes statistics on travel costs, based on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in the Transport Statistics Great Britain compendium, table 1308.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Real terms change in cost of transport</strong></p></td><td><p>Motoring, including the purchase of a vehicle</p></td><td><p>Bus and coach fares</p></td><td><p>Rail fares</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(1) Between 1980 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td><td><p>+64%</p></td><td><p>+63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(2) Between 1997 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-16%</p></td><td><p>+33%</p></td><td><p>+23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(3) Between 2010 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-10%</p></td><td><p>+7%</p></td><td><p>+5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(4) Between 2015 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-0.3%</p></td><td><p>+2%</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(d) The costs of travelling by air are not available from ONS data. However estimates are available based on fare data from the Civil Aviation Authority passenger survey from 2000. The real cost of the average UK one-way air fare, including taxes and charges, covering domestic flights from 2010 to 2015 decreased by 16%. Estimates for 2016 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 27/04/2017 09:53:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

722553

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 20 January 2017 to Question 60337 and 21 March 2017 to Question 67853, on what date he received the (a) advice and (b) set of recommendations developed from the advice from Chris Gibb; if he will publish all documents received from Chris Gibb in full before Parliament prorogues ahead of the 2017 General Election; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	71377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Chris Gibb’s findings were received by the Department on 30 December 2016. The Department will not be publishing Chris Gibb’s findings before Parliament prorogues however we intend to publish Chris Gibb’s report in full, with minor redactions to protect commercially sensitive material, and the Government’s response in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/04/2017 16:01:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

711821

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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, with reference to page eight of the Action Plan for Information on Rail Fares and Ticketing, published in 2016, what progress has been made on delivering the commitment on enabling customers to claim back relevant expenses relating to having forgotten a valid railcard at the time of travel.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	68328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>A rule change has just been introduced by all train companies which means that, once a year, someone penalised for failing to show a Railcard which they should have been carrying can get a refund if they are able to produce the card later.</p><p> </p><p>This is the first improvement for customers to be accomplished out of a wide-ranging action plan agreed last December between the government, train companies, and consumer groups.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/03/2017 14:45:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

711530

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Brighton Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40729, on the London-Brighton railway line, if he will take steps to safeguard critical land in the central Croydon area for the Brighton Mainline upgrade; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	68148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>In developing proposals to upgrade the Brighton Mainline, Network Rail is considering land requirements. As I have indicated previously, the Government will continue to support Network Rail in further developing and refining the upgrade proposals. We will consider proposals Network Rail puts forward on land requirements on their merits, and in light of the overall business case for the upgrade, which is at an early stage of development.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/03/2017 14:37:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

711531

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Brighton Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40729, on the London-Brighton railway line, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to Government of safeguarding critical land in the central Croydon area for the Brighton Mainline upgrade; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	68149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail will refine its cost estimates for the Brighton Mainline upgrade proposals over time, including for land requirements. Any decision on land requirements needs to be made in view of the overall business case for the upgrade, which is at an early stage of development.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/03/2017 14:41:53 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas