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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

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

850097

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Voyeurism
	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 prevalence of the practice of up-skirting on public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not have an assessment of the prevalence of this practice for the whole of public transport.</p><p> </p><p>‘Upskirting’ is likely to be a covert act by perpetrators to avoid challenge or detection, so reporting numbers are likely to be low.</p><p> </p><p>However, for the rail network, the British Transport Police (BTP) has seen an increase in reports following the joint BTP / Transport for London (TfL) &quot;Report it to stop it&quot; campaign, which heightened awareness and increased victim confidence to report.</p><p> </p><p>BTP has successfully secured a number of prosecutions under the common law offence of ‘outraging public decency’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/03/2018 17:38:57 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

943076

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made any assessment of the disruption caused by recent timetable changes implemented by Govia Thameslink Railways to students during the exam season in (a) London and (b) Lewisham Deptford constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	165112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>During the exam period, Govia Thameslink Railway have put in place rail replacement buses and taxis as well as ticket acceptance arrangements with other operators.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 24/07/2018 15:32:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

861199

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the nationwide trial of the 26-30 railcard was limited to 10,000 such railcards; and whether his Department took steps to ensure that government digital systems could cope with the level of demand.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	132348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced a 26-30 railcard in Budget 2017. The nationwide trial of 10,000 26-30 railcards is an industry-led initiative to gather evidence and to inform discussions between Government and industry about roll-out of the railcard. Delivery of the trial launch, including sales of the railcard, was led by Rail Delivery Group and it was their digital systems that handled transactions and enquiries on the day.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/03/2018 12:59:45 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

852565

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Trains: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 number of breakdowns which have affected bi-mode trains since their introduction in October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	130563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>As we said in a previous answer of 20 February 2018, UIN 126979, there is no accepted rail industry definition of ‘broken down’, and train-related incidents may be for a variety of reasons and durations together with a variety of journey implications. We are therefore unable to state how many ‘breakdowns’ have affected bi-mode trains since their introduction.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/03/2018 15:15:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

946802

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Compensation
	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 train operating companies on the compensation payable to people when trains are cancelled but do not cause a delay of over an hour.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	167358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets train operating companies regularly to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of train operating companies on Department for Transport franchises currently offer the Delay Repay scheme which provides compensation for delays to journeys from 30 minutes, whatever the cause of the delay or cancellation. In addition, four train operating companies offer compensation for delays of 15 to 29 minutes. The Department has had a number of discussions with franchises about extending Delay Repay, including to offer compensation for delays from 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>The minority of franchises that have not yet introduced Delay Repay, including Arriva Trains Wales, set out their compensation arrangements in their Passenger’s Charter. These include discounts for holders of monthly and annual season tickets, if performance falls below a pre-determined threshold. For other passengers, compensation of no less than 50% of the ticket price is payable for delays of 60 minutes or more, and some of these train operators also offer compensation for delays of 30 to 59 minutes; this compensation is generally not payable for delays outside the control of the rail industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Arriva Trains Wales franchise is managed by the Welsh Government under the 2006 Welsh rail devolution arrangements. The next Wales and Borders franchise has been let by the Welsh Government under the new Welsh rail devolution arrangements. Transport for Wales has announced that they will introduce Delay Repay for delays of 15 minutes or more from January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/09/2018 12:07:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

860701

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southeastern: Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Southeastern on its compliance in delivering a minimum train length at all times on the Hastings Line, Paddock Wood Line and Maidstone East Line.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	132058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>My officials regularly meet with Southeastern to discuss performance. We monitor Southeastern’s performance against their contractual targets. These targets include thresholds for short formations during the morning and evening peaks. These are measured across the franchise as a whole, not by line or route.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/03/2018 14:07:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

873607

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets his Department sets to measure the performance of the Southeastern rail franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	134721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The franchise agreement between the Government and each individual TOC includes benchmarks in three key areas – punctuality, cancellations and capacity. The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance against these areas regularly and there are clear actions set out in the franchise agreement should performance drop below what is expected.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be find in the franchise agreement under Schedule 7.1, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-and-south-eastern-railway-limited" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-and-south-eastern-railway-limited</a></p><p> </p><p>In terms of the future franchise, the Department set out its expectations in the Invitation To Tender which can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664302/south-eastern-franchise-itt.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664302/south-eastern-franchise-itt.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/04/2018 10:27:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat