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	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 capacity of his Department to (a) develop, (b) evaluate and (c) award market-led proposals to enhance the railway; and how many of his Department's officials have been allocated to work relating to those proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	236448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The Guidance for Rail Market-led Proposals published in March last year is clear that the Department’s role is not to develop these proposals, as they are market-led. The Department has the capacity to evaluate rail market-led proposals in line with the guidance. On 5 December 2018 the Department responded to all promoters who had submitted a market-led proposal in response to the March 2018 Call for Ideas, and my officials are continuing to engage with those promoters whose proposals were evaluated to have the potential to be financially credible without government support.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/03/2019 14:31:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1092145

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the rail improvement projects proposed by Network Rail’s East Coast Main Line Route Study will be prioritised for investment; and how those projects will be funded.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	234723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>We have already announced that we will invest up to £780m to deliver upgrades to the East Coast Main Line by the early 2020s. This is on top of the £400m invested since 2014 in power upgrades between London and Doncaster and infrastructure improvements elsewhere across the route. The Department is working with stakeholders, including Transport for the North, to identify and assess further potential enhancements for the East Coast Main Line. We will take staged decisions to progress further enhancements through the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline process.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/03/2019 14:03:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1052249

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect on business of decreases in rail punctuality.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	215248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s general approach to appraising the impact of delays and cancellations is published in the Department’s Transport Appraisal Guidance (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-analysis-guidance-webtag" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-analysis-guidance-webtag</a>). There is a particular approach to appraising punctuality impacts for business users that takes into account the impact that the delay has on the business as well as the individual who is delayed. Unit A1.3 of the guidance explains how impacts on business users are assessed.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/02/2019 09:55:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1048023

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 improve the level of customer satisfaction in rail companies.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	212651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Passenger satisfaction is an absolute priority for the Department. We have introduced new measures on compensation, an independent rail ombudsman and commissioned an independent root and branch review of the railway. A £48 billion investment will help to modernise the network and deliver significant improvements in performance, punctuality and increase capacity of trains across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We have also made significant improvements to our franchise incentives to ensure operators deliver a consistently high-quality experience for passengers, by including challenging customer satisfaction targets in Franchise Agreements which require operators to deliver increases in satisfaction across a range of key measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 30/01/2019 14:27:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1046137

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 21 January to Question 208287, what figure of miles per train incident he will use to measure the performance of new trains as they are introduced onto the rail network between 2019 and 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	211309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This is an exciting time for the rail industry and for passengers, with new fleets of trains being introduced which will help deliver a step-change in customer service. The performance of trains is one factor affecting the overall network performance. Both the Department and operators consider these factors as part of the franchise competition process. Operators then have obligations to deliver performance in line with their franchise commitments; no separate target is set in respect of train performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 211311 211312 question first answered 30/01/2019 13:08:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1046138

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 21 February 2019 to Question 208287, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of train operating company training and planning with respect to (a) traincrew and (b) depots in order to facilitate the introduction of the new trains due onto the rail network between 2019 and 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	211310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department evaluates the deliverability of traincrew and depots strategies as part of the franchise competition process. It is then the responsibility of train operating companies to deliver those strategies to facilitate the introduction of new trains in line with their contractual commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 30/01/2019 13:31:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1046140

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 21 February 2019 to Question 208287, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Network Rail’s investment and planning with respect to (a) signalling, (b) platforms and (c) power supply in order to facilitate the introduction of the new trains due onto the rail network between 2019 and 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	211311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This is an exciting time for the rail industry and for passengers, with new fleets of trains being introduced which will help deliver a step-change in customer service. The performance of trains is one factor affecting the overall network performance. Both the Department and operators consider these factors as part of the franchise competition process. Operators then have obligations to deliver performance in line with their franchise commitments; no separate target is set in respect of train performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 211309 211312 question first answered 30/01/2019 13:08:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1046141

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 21 February 2019 to Question 208287, what target for public performance measure he will use to determine the performance of new trains as they are introduced onto the rail network between 2019 and 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	211312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This is an exciting time for the rail industry and for passengers, with new fleets of trains being introduced which will help deliver a step-change in customer service. The performance of trains is one factor affecting the overall network performance. Both the Department and operators consider these factors as part of the franchise competition process. Operators then have obligations to deliver performance in line with their franchise commitments; no separate target is set in respect of train performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 211309 211311 question first answered 30/01/2019 13:08:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1046142

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 21 February 2019 to Question 208287, what plans he has to ensure (a) train operators and (b) Network Rail take the necessary steps to inform rail passengers about (i) different carriage layouts and (ii) door configurations (iii) platform embarkation/disembarkation points prior to the introduction of new trains due onto the rail network between 2019 and 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	211313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for train operators and Network Rail who are best placed to understand the needs of passengers and what information should be provided in respect of the introduction of new rolling stock.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 30/01/2019 13:34:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1042333

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been on refunding passengers as a result of the train delays and cancellations in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	209367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Under a special compensation scheme, paid for by the rail industry, following the disruption last summer, over 14,000 claims from season ticket holders and regular travellers on Northern and TransPennine Express services have now been submitted and over £1million paid out in compensation.</p><p> </p><p>Northern introduced Delay Repay 15 (DR15) in December 2018. DR15 entitles passengers who have been delayed by 15-29 minutes to compensation worth 25% of the single fare. This is in addition to the existing Delay Repay 30 arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Data published by the Department in October 2018 show that, in the past two years the total amount of compensation paid to passengers increased by 80%, as Government encouraged train operators to better publicise passengers’ rights.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/01/2019 12:14:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern