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1000247

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Laing O'Rourke
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has he made of the financial sustainability of Laing O’Rourke and the ability of that company to fulfil its contractual responsibilities in relation to (a) railways and (b) highways.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	187373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s remit is delivered mostly through its Arm’s Length Bodies and Executive Agencies. Each body assesses prospective suppliers’ ability to deliver its obligations during each procurement exercise before the award of contracts. This to comply with procurement regulations and statute, as well as evaluate the company’s competence and capability. Before contracts are signed there are various layers of governance across the ALBs, the Department, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury depending on the circumstances of each procurement. There are also measures in place to monitor financial stability throughout the procurement lifecycle.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 15:24:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1000305

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Pay
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 19 October 2018 to Question 178322 on Train Operating Companies: Pay, whether he has asked the Rail Delivery Group to include executive pay in the development of a pay award system that uses CPI as the inflation measure for future pay deals.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	187388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The rail industry has been shifting away from RPI over time and most rail industry costs now are not linked to RPI, with the primary exception of wages. The Secretary of State for Transport has asked the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to develop an approach for how earnings growth for all employees could be more closely aligned with CPI, with the aim of ensuring that the railway is affordable for the fare paying and tax paying public. He has not made any reference to a ‘pay award system’ for any groups of staff.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Pay negotiations and the settlements reached by individual employers and trade unions remain a matter for local collective bargaining.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 13:42:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

997166

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Motor Vehicles
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 13 March 2018 to Question 131715 on motor vehicles, what proportion of the fleet (a) owned and (b) leased by the (i) Government Car Service, (ii) Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency, (iii) Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, (iv) Maritime & Coastguard Agency and (v) Vehicle Certification Agency are ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	184986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below lists the number of (a) owned (b) leased vehicles in the fleets operated by the Department for Transport and its Agencies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Transport &amp; Agencies</strong> <strong>Fleet</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outright Purchased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% of Fleet</em></strong> <strong><em>Ultra-Low</em></strong> <strong><em>Emission</em></strong> <strong><em>Vehicles</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GCS, Government Car Service DfTc</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10.47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MCA, Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DVSA, Driver Vehicle &amp; Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>977</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VCA, Vehicle Certification Agency</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DVLA, Driver &amp; Vehicle Licensing Agency</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>33.33%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in the Autumn Statement 2017 that 25% of cars in the central government fleets will be ultra-low emission by 2022.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/11/2018 16:50:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994219

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Signals
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 19 October 2018 to Question 178321, what assessment he has made of the role of his Department in overseeing the introduction of the Automatic Power Change Over (APCO) system integration (a) across the InterCity Express programme and (b) at the Signalling Scheme Plan at Steventon Bridge.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>DfT is working together with the Rail Industry to enable facility for Automatic Power Change Over (APCO) on Intercity Express Trains on the East Coast and Great Western routes. This includes appropriate power change over arrangements at Steventon Bridge. I understand that Network Rail have launched a formal appeal to the Planning Inspectorate against the local authority decision to refuse planning permission for replacing Steventon Bridge.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:15:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994221

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Industrial Disputes
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 19 October 2018 to Question 178322 on Train Operating Companies: Pay, what (a) locus, (b) authority or (c) remit the Rail Delivery Group has to intervene in rail industry industrial relations.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the written Answer I gave on 13 September to Question 170780 on the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) which sets out the RDG’s role in rail industrial relations.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, the day to day responsibility for managing industrial relations or any dispute in the rail sector will be a matter for the individual employers and trade unions.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:31:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994224

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies and Network Rail: Databases
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 adequacy of (a) open and closed data, (b) data produced legacy systems, (c) data owned or created by train operating companies and (d) data from Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>To answer parts (a), (b) and (c) of the question, the DfT has worked with the rail industry to publish a Joint Rail Data Action Plan. This outlines the Government’s assessment on open and closed rail data, and sets out a number of actions the rail industry will take to ensure data is being shared and used for the benefit of the railways and rail passengers.</p><p> </p><p>This plan will ensure a shift in the railway industry’s approach to using and sharing its data, including new datasets to be made openly available, improvement on how data is collected and classified and new initiatives to bring the rail and technology sectors together. This will drive forward innovation within the rail industry and forge partnerships with the developer community so that the use of data is maximised and more accurate and up-to-date information is put into the hands of the passengers.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-rail-data-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-rail-data-action-plan</a></p><p> </p><p>To answer part (d) of the question, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) monitor data quality through the use of Independent Reporters as part of their role as the rail regulator. These provide assessments of data quality for Network Rail’s data. The metrics and datasets they assess are given a grading based on system reliability and data accuracy. These assessment reports are published on the ORR’s website.</p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/rail/economic-regulation/regulation-of-network-rail/monitoring-performance/independent-reporters" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/rail/economic-regulation/regulation-of-network-rail/monitoring-performance/independent-reporters</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 17:00:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994228

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has held with (a) First Group and (b) MTR on renegotiating the South Western franchise.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>I can confirm that the Department has not had any such meetings with either First Group or MTR.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 15:43:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994229

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Rail Franchise
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 shortfall in revenues on the South Western rail franchise as a result of the December 2018 timetable not being introduced.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>All franchise payments between the Department and franchisee are commercially sensitive and therefore confidential.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:43:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994230

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the procurement of new rolling stock on the Cross Country rail franchise.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The timeframes for the new franchise are yet to be determined. It would be for an operator of the franchise to establish their specific rolling stock requirements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:56:54 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994231

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) instructions and (b) delivery timeframes he has issued to (i) LNER and (ii) Network Rail to develop the proposals for the LNER network.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has set up the East Coast Partnership Board which brings together LNER and Network Rail along with representation for freight and other East Coast Main Line train operators (the Partnership) to collaborate on the planning of enhancements, ensuring improved coordination in delivery and greater passenger focus.</p><p> </p><p>The Partnership will jointly be able to take decisions about planning, maintenance and enhancement works alongside the interests of passengers to make sure that the two fit side by side.</p><p> </p><p>The evolution to the East Coast Partnership has already commenced allowing for deeper collaboration and joint working to improve performance and plan enhancements.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, Network Rail has been instructed to deliver power supply upgrades between Doncaster and Edinburgh, a new rail junction near Peterborough, a new platform at Stevenage station and improvements to the track layout at King’s Cross. These enhancements will be completed in the early 2020s.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:25:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald