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349216

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rail franchise system.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	900260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>We continuously monitor a range of indicators, including performance figures and passenger satisfaction. Rail use is at its highest level since the 1920s: 1.65 billion passenger journeys were made in Great Britain on franchised passenger trains in 2014-15. The number of journeys made on the rail network has more than doubled since the introduction of the franchise system.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2015 13:26:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

917070

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on passenger safety of overcrowding on trains.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	149653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>All franchises let by Department for Transport require the train operator to take reasonable steps to address crowding.</p><p> </p><p>Safe assessment and operation of services is a matter for individual rail operators’ safety management systems as certificated by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). We expect all franchised operators to discharge the Franchise Agreement in line with industry safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 149654 question first answered 12/06/2018 07:00:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

917072

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Overcrowding
	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 merits for passenger safety of a maximum ratio of passengers to seats in trains.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	149654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>All franchises let by Department for Transport require the train operator to take reasonable steps to address crowding.</p><p> </p><p>Safe assessment and operation of services is a matter for individual rail operators’ safety management systems as certificated by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). We expect all franchised operators to discharge the Franchise Agreement in line with industry safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 149653 question first answered 12/06/2018 07:00:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

964899

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has in place to mitigate the disruption caused by HS2 works on London to Manchester train routes.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	169270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The government is very conscious of the need to minimise any potential for disruption to the national rail network - including the London to Manchester route - during the construction of HS2. HS2 Ltd are working closely with Network Rail and the Train Operating Companies to mitigate against this at London Euston, where work is already underway, and is continuing to develop its plans regarding works at Crewe station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/09/2018 14:45:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

964900

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Euston Station: Closures
	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 effectiveness of the provision of alternative transport during the closures at Euston station in the last three weeks of August 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	169271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The weekend Euston closures occurred 18-19 August, 25-27 August and 1-2 September. The Department will review the effectiveness of the provision of alternative services with Chiltern Railways in due course. Chiltern advised that 48,000 additional seats were provided during the West Coast Main Line blockade period. West Coast passengers from Bolton, Warrington and Crewe were permitted to travel via Birmingham on the Chiltern route.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/09/2018 11:37:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1082158

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great Eastern Main Line: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Delay Repay 15 will be introduced on the Great Eastern Mainline.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	228695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>As announced on 12 March, Commercial terms have now been agreed and Delay Repay 15 will go live on Greater Anglia on 1st April.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/03/2019 14:18:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

515431

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Electronic Government
	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 April 2016 to Question 34465, if his Department will take steps to allow web-users to include honours when completing Government online forms.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	35210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>My Department provides a wide variety of online forms across multiple systems. Most of these are designed to enable web users to use perform a transaction, such as to book a driving theory test. Therefore we only ask our users the minimum information required to process their requests to enable them to complete these transactions as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>I am mindful that there could be an additional cost to the taxpayer in making changes to online systems to capture and store additional data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/05/2016 13:48:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

582437

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2016
	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 effectiveness of those provisions in the Consumer Rights Act 2015 which relate to rail passengers claiming compensation.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	46113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>We want to strengthen the rights of rail passengers to get compensation for poor service. The Consumer Rights Act will allow rail passengers to challenge compensation amounts awarded for delays and cancellations where the train operator is at fault.</p><p> </p><p>Train operators’ existing compensation schemes will continue to provide the main means of redress for passengers after 1 October 2016, when the Act comes into force for all transport providers. We will continue to work with train operators to improve their compensation schemes.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/09/2016 10:29:46 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

584132

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London City Airport: Security
	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 security at London City Airport after the recent protestor security breach.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	46525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>We keep aviation security under constant review. The Civil Aviation Authority, as regulator, has carried out a full investigation of the incident on 6 September, and will continue to monitor London City Airport’s response to the incident and subsequent investigation. For obvious reasons we would not comment publicly on the details of this response.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 13/10/2016 14:28:58 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

671833

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve disability awareness among bus drivers on the use of a ramp when required for disabled passengers.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	59634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>I am committed to building transport networks that work for everyone, including ensuring that disabled people have the same access to transport services as other members of society.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently developing best practice guidance in delivering disability awareness training. This has been informed by engagement with disabled people and the bus industry, and aims to ensure that bus drivers have the knowledge and skills to provide passengers with the appropriate assistance they need, including the use of ramps for wheelchair users.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/01/2017 14:44:26 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince