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44461

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the safety record of Network Rail, what his policy is on National Rail executives due to leave their posts receiving bonuses.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	193125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Network Rail is currently a private sector company limited by guarantee, and the remuneration of its Executive Directors is a matter for its Remuneration Committee and Members. Under a condition of the company's network licence, it falls to the independent Office of Rail Regulation to ensure that Network Rail's bonus scheme framework is transparent, and rewards sustained and significant out-performance of the targets set for it.</p><p> </p><p>With effect from 1 September 2014, Network Rail will be reclassified to the public sector. Work to decide on the best approach to governance, finance, and accounting and budgeting, including remuneration, has now begun. In advance of 1 September a Framework Agreement between the Department and Network Rail, which explains these decisions, will be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

43572

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report of the Commission on Devolution in Wales published on 3 March 2014, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on the potential implications for (a) rail services in Chester and (b) Chester railway station of the recommendation in that report to devolve the Wales and Borders rail franchise to the National Assembly for Wales.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	192435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text No discussions have taken place with my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales, on further devolution of responsibilities for the Wales and Border franchise and its implications for the division of responsibilities between the two Governments for rail services calling at, and the management of, Chester station. answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

66187

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Fifth Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2013-14, on Access to Transport for Disabled People, HC 116, what assessment he has made of the progress of bus operators in installing audio-visual announcement systems for people with sight loss as recommended in paragraph 29 of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	204357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport recognises that many people find audio and visual announcements useful for travelling. Given the obvious benefits of these systems to blind and partially sighted passengers, we are keen to encourage operators and local authorities to invest in this technology for their buses, where possible.</p><p> </p><p>However, we also understand that the installation of this technology comes at a considerable cost.</p><p>My noble colleague, Baroness Kramer, wrote to bus operators on 4<sup>th</sup> February 2014 to encourage the development of more affordable audio-visual systems. In addition, on 2<sup>nd</sup> July 2014 Baroness Kramer outlined plans for a further research initiative, run by the Department for Transport and the Transport Systems catapult, involving small businesses and academic institutions to encourage further innovation in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:33:20 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

61214

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars
	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 to the hon. Member for Dudley North of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 113W, on the Government Car and Dispatch Agency, what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) place of manufacture was of each car (i) purchased and (ii) leased by the Government Car Service since 6 May 2010; and how much each such car cost to purchase or lease.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	199983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The make, model, place of manufacture and cost of purchase or lease for cars procured formerly by the Government Car and Despatch Agency and latterly by the Government Car Service since the 6 May 2010 are set out in the following table. The current Government Car Service fleet is comprised of 85 cars, reduced from 227 cars as at 31March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/06/2014 15:55:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name 199983 - Government Car Service fleet - table.doc title Table of Government Car Service fleet
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

61203

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	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 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 276W, on motor vehicles: exhaust emissions, if he will place the data from his Department's 2006 study of liquefied petroleum and petrol vehicles in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
	uin	200008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The report produced for the Department at the end of the study (Ref: M. Clark, P. Sayer, <em>Euro 3 LPG Retrofit Emissions Factor Testing</em>, Tickford Powertrain Test Ltd., ER07/015, June 2007) contains the data captured by the testing. Copies of the report will be placed in the in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/06/2014 12:44:45 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

58522

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast 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 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 517-8W, on railways: passengers, what the evidential basis is for the stated forecast of increases in passenger numbers on the West Coast Main Line over the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	199294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Chapter 4 of Network Rail's West Coast Route Utilisation Strategy describes the evidential basis and modelling approach of the anticipated changes in demand to 2024-25 which are contained in the same document. This is now available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/imagelibrary/downloadMedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=4675" target="_blank">http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/imagelibrary/downloadMedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=4675</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/06/2014 14:46:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

63420

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who will fund the new rolling stock required under the terms of the new rail franchises for (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail lines.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	201793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>. We do not, however, intend to specify rolling stock requirements in these specifications; it will be for the bidders to propose the appropriate rolling stock for their bids.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:40:26 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

46152

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who is responsible for enforcing standards in the hygiene of toilets on trains; and who is accountable for any failings in this area.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	194496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is a matter for the Train Operator to ensure that the appropriate standards of cleanliness are met on trains.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information can be obtained from the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) which can be contacted at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2nd Floor</p><p> </p><p>200 Aldersgate Street</p><p> </p><p>London<br> EC1A 4HD</p><p> </p><p>Tel: 020 7841 8000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

63395

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations with ticket offices on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern rail lines are likely to have their opening hours reduced as a result of the current re-franchising exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	201785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a></p><p /> <p>.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:34:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

50021

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in each region (a) applied for and (b) received funding under the extension of the Access for All scheme from 2015 to 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	197886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /><p>The breakdown of successful stations against nominations by region is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Region</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Nominated</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Successful</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p><p> </p></td><td><p>63</p><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p><p> </p></td><td><p>15</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh