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1696558

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of trains on Network Rail did not arrive at their destination on time in the last four-weekly period for which data are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL3315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>In the period 7 January to 3 February 2024, 66.7% of recorded station stops in Great Britain arrived ‘On Time’ (early or less than one minute after the scheduled time).</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 25/03/2024 16:59:52 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1695968

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many trains per day have been cancelled so far in 2024; how this compares to the daily figure for 2023; and what action they are taking to work with the operating companies to reduce the number of cancellations.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL3253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department recognises that cancellations can be very inconvenient for passengers and prevents them from travelling with confidence. That is why the Department holds train operators to account for cancellations. The type of scrutiny depends on the reasons for these cancellations and the inconvenience to passengers.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publishes official cancellation statistics on its online Data Portal, which show that the number of services planned to run in Great Britain between 8 January 2023 and 6 January 2024 was 7,012,172. Of these, 336,289 were either fully or partially cancelled. Between 7 January 2024 and 2 March 2024, the number of services planned to run were 1,106,087, of which 47,904 services have been either fully or partially cancelled.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 25/03/2024 16:59:40 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1691281

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to conduct a comparative assessment with other European nations on the state of rail services including on reliability, comfort and pricing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL2699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department seeks to identify best practice from other countries’ rail networks but is not currently planning a formal comparative assessment.</p><p>The latest Common Safety Indicators from the Office of Rail and Road, which were published 15 February 2024, showed that Great Britain ranks favourably compared with other European countries in terms of employee safety, level crossing user safety and trespasser safety.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/03/2024 16:15:48 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1688102

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	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 potential impact of rail reform on levels of customer satisfaction by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	13552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Rail reform is tackling the challenges facing the railways to create a customer-focused, commercially led industry. This should significantly improve customer experience between now and 2030.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/02/2024 09:54:44 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1686248

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	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 with railway providers to help improve train timeliness.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	12365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>I have been clear that the current, sustained poor performance on the railway is unacceptable, and industry needs to make significant improvements to deliver the punctual, reliable services that passengers and taxpayers deserve.</p><p>Through the Department’s National Rail Contracts, there is a direct link between punctuality and reliability and the fee operators receive to incentivise improved performance.</p><p>My officials and I monitor the situation closely and hold industry to account – I review performance on a weekly basis and hold regular high-level meetings with both Network Rail and representatives from the train operators.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 12370 question first answered 07/02/2024 17:05:03 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1685230

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	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, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the consultation by the Great British Railways Transition Team entitled Whole Industry Strategic Plan, published on 9 December 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	11600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Great British Railways Transition Team have factored the consultation and the responses received into their ongoing work on the Long Term Strategy for Rail (formerly known as the Whole Industry Strategic Plan). Alongside this, they are ensuring wider policy announcements, such as Network North, are fully considered.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 05/02/2024 14:32:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1684558

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	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 data his Department holds on the number of services p-coded by each train operating company in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	11191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 17 February 2023, the Office of Rail and Road has published figures for all train operating companies' late notice pre-cancellations &quot;P-code&quot; for resource availability (train crew and rolling stock) on a periodic basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 29/01/2024 17:36:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1670737

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2023
	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, if he will make it his policy to collate data on the number and proportion of train journeys that did not stop at a scheduled station due to late running in each train company in each year.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	2435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to collate this data. The Office of Rail and Road, as independent regulator to the rail industry, records and publishes a range of information relating to the punctuality and reliability of rail services, including this dataset relating to cancellations: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fperformance%2Fpassenger-rail-performance%2Ftable-3124-trains-planned-and-cancellations-by-operator-and-cause-periodic%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPaul.Cox%40dft.gov.uk%7C4677014cdbf040560bb708dbe9e237d8%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638360930021313081%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=v8xRa5M9%2BK%2Bs6f%2BFksd4dGerX2PiJ%2F4FELvIzHh2jvw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Table 3124 - Trains planned and cancellations by operator and cause (periodic) | ORR Data Portal</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:36:54 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1669546

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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 estimate he has made of the proportion of train journeys by each train operating company which did not stop at a scheduled station due to late running in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	1738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold all information regarding the proportion of train journeys by each train operating company which did not stop at a scheduled station due to late running.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 15:28:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1664732

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 27 September (HL10352), what plans they have in concluding future negotiations with train providers to bear a proportion of the costs that train operators face as a consequence of failing to provide quality service to rail customers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL10506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to negotiate any variations to the Intercity Express Programme’s contracts with Agility to extend the incentive regime. The contracted arrangements for instances where full service provision is not offered are contained in the existing contracts, as articulated in previous responses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 08:23:28 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw