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915013

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains servicing Bedford have been (a) cancelled and (b) delayed since the introduction of the new rail timetable on 20 May 2018; and what the average time was for the trains that were delayed.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	148994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on train cancellations and delays to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is currently too early to make a detailed assessment of any cost implications of the delays and cancellations since the timetable change. What is clear is that passengers on GTR are facing totally unsatisfactory levels of service and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are assessing whether GTR met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of this timetable change, and whether these issues could have been reasonably foreseen and different action taken to prevent the high levels of disruption passengers are experiencing. If it is found that GTR are materially in breach of their contractual obligations, the Department will take the appropriate enforcement action against them.</p><p> </p><p>On GTR services, passengers are encouraged to apply to their train operator for Delay Repay compensation for affected journeys. GTR passengers can claim delay repay for delays over 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this week, the Secretary of State announced a special compensation scheme for GTR passengers. It is to be funded by the rail industry and will ensure regular rail customers receive appropriate redress for the disruption they have experienced. The industry will set out more detail of the eligibility requirements and how season ticket holders can claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport cannot currently provide an assessment of the impact of the May 2018 timetable changes on overcrowding at Bedford station, as performance of the new timetable has been too unstable to allow for an accurate assessment to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The service provided since the start of the new timetable has been unacceptable and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability on services at Bedford to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 148995 148996 148998 question first answered 06/06/2018 16:48:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

915014

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are cost implications for his Department as a result of the delays and cancellations on services provided Govia Thameslink since the introduction of the new rail timetable on 20 May 2018; and whether those delays and cancellations are in breach of the franchise agreement.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	148995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on train cancellations and delays to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is currently too early to make a detailed assessment of any cost implications of the delays and cancellations since the timetable change. What is clear is that passengers on GTR are facing totally unsatisfactory levels of service and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are assessing whether GTR met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of this timetable change, and whether these issues could have been reasonably foreseen and different action taken to prevent the high levels of disruption passengers are experiencing. If it is found that GTR are materially in breach of their contractual obligations, the Department will take the appropriate enforcement action against them.</p><p> </p><p>On GTR services, passengers are encouraged to apply to their train operator for Delay Repay compensation for affected journeys. GTR passengers can claim delay repay for delays over 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this week, the Secretary of State announced a special compensation scheme for GTR passengers. It is to be funded by the rail industry and will ensure regular rail customers receive appropriate redress for the disruption they have experienced. The industry will set out more detail of the eligibility requirements and how season ticket holders can claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport cannot currently provide an assessment of the impact of the May 2018 timetable changes on overcrowding at Bedford station, as performance of the new timetable has been too unstable to allow for an accurate assessment to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The service provided since the start of the new timetable has been unacceptable and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability on services at Bedford to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 148994 148996 148998 question first answered 06/06/2018 16:48:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

915015

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the compensation procedures for passengers experiencing delays on (a) Govia Thameslink and b) East Midlands train services since 20 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	148996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on train cancellations and delays to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is currently too early to make a detailed assessment of any cost implications of the delays and cancellations since the timetable change. What is clear is that passengers on GTR are facing totally unsatisfactory levels of service and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are assessing whether GTR met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of this timetable change, and whether these issues could have been reasonably foreseen and different action taken to prevent the high levels of disruption passengers are experiencing. If it is found that GTR are materially in breach of their contractual obligations, the Department will take the appropriate enforcement action against them.</p><p> </p><p>On GTR services, passengers are encouraged to apply to their train operator for Delay Repay compensation for affected journeys. GTR passengers can claim delay repay for delays over 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this week, the Secretary of State announced a special compensation scheme for GTR passengers. It is to be funded by the rail industry and will ensure regular rail customers receive appropriate redress for the disruption they have experienced. The industry will set out more detail of the eligibility requirements and how season ticket holders can claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport cannot currently provide an assessment of the impact of the May 2018 timetable changes on overcrowding at Bedford station, as performance of the new timetable has been too unstable to allow for an accurate assessment to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The service provided since the start of the new timetable has been unacceptable and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability on services at Bedford to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 148994 148995 148998 question first answered 06/06/2018 16:48:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

915016

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Trains: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to reintroduce peak-time East Midland Trains services to Bedford until the problems with the timetable introduced in May 2018 are resolved.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	148997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials are currently working with East Midlands Trains and other rail industry parties to understand whether or not it would feasible to reintroduce East Midlands Trains services that call at Luton and Bedford in the peak hours. Further information will be provided when this work has been concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/06/2018 16:50:01 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

915017

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the May 2018 timetable changes on overcrowding on rail services at Bedford station.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	148998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on train cancellations and delays to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is currently too early to make a detailed assessment of any cost implications of the delays and cancellations since the timetable change. What is clear is that passengers on GTR are facing totally unsatisfactory levels of service and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are assessing whether GTR met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of this timetable change, and whether these issues could have been reasonably foreseen and different action taken to prevent the high levels of disruption passengers are experiencing. If it is found that GTR are materially in breach of their contractual obligations, the Department will take the appropriate enforcement action against them.</p><p> </p><p>On GTR services, passengers are encouraged to apply to their train operator for Delay Repay compensation for affected journeys. GTR passengers can claim delay repay for delays over 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this week, the Secretary of State announced a special compensation scheme for GTR passengers. It is to be funded by the rail industry and will ensure regular rail customers receive appropriate redress for the disruption they have experienced. The industry will set out more detail of the eligibility requirements and how season ticket holders can claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport cannot currently provide an assessment of the impact of the May 2018 timetable changes on overcrowding at Bedford station, as performance of the new timetable has been too unstable to allow for an accurate assessment to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The service provided since the start of the new timetable has been unacceptable and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability on services at Bedford to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 148994 148995 148996 question first answered 06/06/2018 16:48:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

828702

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Trains: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the value of compensation payments to East Midlands Trains for the loss of revenue for trains stopping at Bedford.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	124353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not have this information. Negotiations about the impact on the revenue of East Midlands Trains (EMT) from not stopping at Bedford and the compensation that they would receive are yet to begin and in any case will be commercially confidential.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the revenue lost by EMT is expected in large part to be offset by a corresponding increase in revenue for Thameslink, which being part of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will be passed through to the Department under the terms of its Franchise Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/01/2018 12:35:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

768200

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the equalities impact assessment carried out for the East Midlands Rail Franchise; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>I am currently not in a position to publish the equalities impact assessment. The equalities impact assessment will be considered alongside the development of the Invitation to Tender. As the public consultation closed on 11 October 2017, and the responses are being analysed, an equality impact assessment cannot be completed at this stage. I will be considering the equality impact assessment in due course once it has been prepared.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/10/2017 15:31:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767671

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to modify overhead electrification equipment between Bedford and London.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We are developing plans to adjust the Overhead Line Equipment between Bedford and London in order to enable the new trains coming into service on the Midland Main Line from 2022 to run at the improved line speeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 14:53:19 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767672

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the decision to cancel the electrification of the entire Midland Main Line.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The upgrade to the Midland Main Line, which includes electrification to Kettering and Corby, will enable increased passenger capacity and reduced journey times, as well as introducing a brand new fleet of bi-mode intercity trains from 2022. This will deliver improved journeys sooner and is part of delivering the biggest upgrade of the Midland Main Line since it opened in 1870. We will only electrify lines where it delivers a genuine benefit to passengers.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 15:32:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767673

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make it his policy that commuter trains will stop at additional stops between Corby and London St Pancras as a result of the conclusion of the East Midlands Train Consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>No firm decision on rail services in the next East Midlands franchise has yet been taken. The next franchise starts in August 2019. Invitations to Tender are due to be issued to potential bidders in April 2018. All options for rail services in the next franchise are subject to analysis of the potential benefits and our consultation with stakeholders, which closed on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 106745 106772 question first answered 17/10/2017 13:47:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin