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459446

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what commercial sensitivity applies to section 106 (staff using handheld tablets) and section 28.1 (movement of staff) of the agreement between NXET Trains Limited and his Department of 15 July 2014 regarding the Essex Thameside franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	30602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The provisions mentioned have been redacted at the request of either the Director General for Rail or the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/03/2016 15:14:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

459447

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is any provision in the agreement between NXET Trains Limited and his Department of 15 July 2014 on the Essex Thameside franchise relating to the closure of ticket offices.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	30603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The agreement between NXET Trains Limited and the Department for Transport is in the public domain and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486697/essex-thameside.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486697/essex-thameside.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/03/2016 15:17:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

459448

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a number of the Committed Obligations agreed between NXET Trains Limited and his Department on 15 July 2014 regarding the Essex Thameside franchise are redacted in the published version of the agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	30605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Where text has been omitted from the document, this is because the Director General Rail or Secretary of State has decided to exclude the text in accordance with the provisions within the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2016 16:28:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

76523

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards there are in the new franchise agreement on the Essex Thameside line with NXET Trains Ltd against unsafe reductions in staff over the life of the agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	204586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Staffing on the franchise is a matter for the operator. The operator must act within the regulatory environment of the railway, which includes safety obligations under their license to operate (granted by the Office of Rail Regulation).</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 16:10:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

76524

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with NXET Trains Ltd about minimum levels of (a) on-train, (b) station and (c) ticket office staffing levels in each year of the new franchise agreement for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line; and what current staffing levels are in each such category on the line.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	204584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Staffing is a matter for the operator; as such no discussions have been held between the Secretary of State for Transport and NXET Trains Limited and minimum levels of staffing have not been specified.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 16:01:54 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

76525

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the costs of planned investment in (a) Wi-Fi access on trains, (b) provision of customer information and (c) SMART ticketing technology during the new franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd for passenger services on the Essex Thameside line; what proportion of each category of funding will fall to (i) the franchisee, (ii) Network Rail and (iii) the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	204530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The standstill period for the Essex Thameside franchise competition has not yet concluded, as such the Department has not signed the new Franchise Agreement and we are not able to confirm this information at this time. An announcement will be made shortly once the Agreement has been signed.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:50:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

76527

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total annual public sector payment will be in each year to 2029 under the new franchise agreement for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	204531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The standstill period for the Essex Thameside franchise competition has not yet concluded, as such the Department has not signed the new Franchise Agreement and we are not able to confirm this information at this time. An announcement will be made shortly once the Agreement has been signed.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:51:38 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

674901

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the legal basis for the proposed sale by National Express of the c2c franchise to Trenitalia; what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) external stakeholders on that proposed sale; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	60543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has received a request from National Express Group to give his consent to a Change of Control for them to sell the Essex Thameside franchise to Trenitalia. The Secretary of State’s role is to give or withhold consent to the sale as provided for in the Franchise Agreement. This is at the Secretary of State’s discretion, and is exercised on a case by case basis. General guidance on process can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-franchise-change-of-control-policy-statement/rail-franchise-change-of-control-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-franchise-change-of-control-policy-statement/rail-franchise-change-of-control-policy-statement</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has not discussed the proposed Change of Control externally.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/01/2017 14:18:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

170535

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	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 savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not made any assessment of the savings made from the Q&amp;A system.</p><p> </p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/12/2014 09:52:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

61810

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	200596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport gave a substantive answer to all parliamentary questions by the time of the 2014 prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/06/2014 12:29:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck