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167139

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	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 ensure that Network Rail operates within its budget for the 2014-15 financial year; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	216479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail operates under a network licence enforced and monitored by the independent Office of Rail Regulation, which also sets the spending and expected outputs for the railway over the current five-year Control Period 5 covering 2014-19. The Office of Rail Regulation continues to monitor and oversee Network Rail’s delivery of outputs, efficiency and financial performance against what it has challenged Network Rail to deliver in its Determination for Control Period 5.</p><p> </p><p>The Framework Agreement between Network Rail and the Department for Transport sets out the new approach to governance, financing, accounting and budgeting following Network Rail’s reclassification to the public sector. It has been written with reference to “Managing Public Money”, the HM Treasury guidance on the principles for managing public resources.</p><p> </p><p>The Framework Agreement includes a requirement upon Network Rail to provide regular financial information, and to lay a copy of its accounts in Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/12/2014 15:13:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

173844

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue a direction to the Chief Executive of Network Rail to reply to the letter of 3 June 2014 from the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling, and his subsequent letter pressing for a reply, regarding the establishment of a business and innovation centre at the Station Masters House at Edenbridge Town Station.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Sir John Stanley
	uin	220732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail operates at arm’s-length from the Department, without day-to-day supervision, and is not expected to involve Ministers in its regular operational decisions such as the establishment of a business and innovation centre at Edenbridge Town station.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, this is an unacceptable delay and Network Rail advises that Mark Carne’s reply to the right Hon Member for Tonbridge and Malling is due to be sent on 23 January.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Network Rail held a site meeting in December with the train operator Southern and the group proposing to use the Station Masters House, to look at the rooms in question and to discuss the proposals for future use. Network Rail is continuing its discussions about the lease with all parties to find a way forward in the near future. Both Network Rail and Southern are supportive of this proposal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/01/2015 14:57:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	91 label Biography information for Sir John Stanley

175140

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with Network Rail since Christmas 2014 to discuss the quality of rail services in South London (a) in general and (b) relating to London Bridge and Victoria stations.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	221644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Since Christmas, I and other transport Ministers have had multiple discussions with Network Rail and the train operators about a range of issues, including the impact of the recent changes at London Bridge, which is going through a £1bn upgrade project, on train services to that and other main line stations in South London. I am currently holding a series of performance summits with Network Rail and operators for MPs in South London and other lines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/01/2015 16:44:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223390

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many planned possessions have been cancelled by Network Rail since 1 January 2015; and on how many such occasions were train and freight operators consulted in advance.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	225087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail is an arm’s-length public sector body and the number, timing and cancellation of its disruptive engineering works are operational matters for the company. Decisions on the planning, timing and duration of engineering works are agreed jointly in advance between Network Rail and the relevant passenger and freight train operators under the rail industry’s national possessions planning regime which is overseen by the independent Office of Rail Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2015 14:57:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226376

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of support provided by (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail to the Route Investment Review Groups was in each year from 2010-11 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	226907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>These route based groups are part of the way in which Network Rail consults with the rail industry as part of the industry planning process. The Department and Network Rail do not provide any financial support to the groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/03/2015 17:15:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226377

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of support provided by (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail to the Rail Industry Planning Group was in each year from 2010-11 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	226905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>This group is part of the way in which Network Rail consults with the rail industry as part of the industry planning process. The Department and Network Rail do not provide any financial support to this group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/03/2015 17:30:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

346893

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	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 conclusions of the Office of Rail and Road's Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism review of Network Rail's Control Period 5 investment programme.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) reviews Control Period 5 (Rail Investment Strategy) Projects through the enhancements cost adjustment mechanism (ECAM) on a rolling basis when each project has reached a certain level of design maturity and a single option has been selected.</p><p> </p><p>The ORR publishes quarterly updates on the ECAM process. These are made publicly available on its website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/06/2015 13:53:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

348196

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Shareholder Executive's high-level Board effectiveness review of Network Rail has been completed; and if he will publish the conclusions of that review.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>In the last Parliament, the Shareholder Executive conducted a high-level review of Network Rail’s governance which considered, among other things, the option of a Special Director being appointed to serve on the board. The review is part of advice for the ongoing formulation of government policy and therefore there are no plans to publish it. However I am considering all of its findings and will make any relevant decisions in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Mr Patrick McLoughlin grouped question UIN 881 question first answered 08/06/2015 11:22:02 answering member 333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

348197

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects the Department has committed to include in the Control Period 6 High Level Output Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>No projects have been yet committed for inclusion in the Control Period 6 High Level Output Statement.</p><p> </p><p>The rail industry’s Initial Industry Plan for Control Period 6 is due to be published in September 2016, as a prelude to the High Level Output Statement in July 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/06/2015 10:56:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

348408

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	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 1 June 2015 to Question 161, what estimate his Department has made of the efficient cost of those Control Period 5 projects that have completed the enhancement cost adjustment mechanism process; and what the estimated cost was of those projects before they began that process.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is responsible for determining the efficient cost of Network Rail’s CP5 enhancement schemes, not the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>As explained in my previous response to the Honourable Member for Nottingham South, the ORR publishes quarterly updates on the enhancements cost adjustment mechanism (ECAM) process. This includes information about efficiencies identified on specific schemes through the ECAM process. For example, the ORR recently published ECAM findings on Reading Station area redevelopment, Great Western electrification and Midland Main Line electrification on its website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/06/2015 11:12:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood