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732004

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the force majeure claims from Govia Thameslink Railway for the current franchise agreement for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern passenger services have been expedited by his Department; and for what periods those claims apply.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since the start of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise, nine Force Majeure Events have occurred. These events occurred during the following periods: January, February, July, September, October and December 2015, January, February 2016 and May 2016 to March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The claims for seven of these events have been assessed, the remaining events, including that relating to official and unofficial action by train crew on Southern are currently being assessed. The Force Majeure claim for official and unofficial action by train crew on Southern is extremely large and complex. The Department are finalising the assessment of the claim and will be informing GTR in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:54:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

732003

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has provided relief to Govia Thameslink Railway from contractual payments against benchmark targets in the current franchise agreement for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern passenger services.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not provided relief to Govia Thameslink Railway from contractual payments against its benchmark targets. The Department assesses any payments in accordance with the terms of the Franchise Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:47:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

731999

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the recommendations on the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise agreement in Appendix 9 of the independent report by Chris Gibb have been taken forward with (a) GTR and (b) Network Rail; and if he will place a copy of that report in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>All recommendations in the Gibb report have been considered by DfT. Any recommendations about GTR’s current franchise agreement are considered commercial in confidence. The report has been published on GOV.UK and placed in Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>Please see links provided: GOV.UK website link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report</a></p><p>SoS response link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:39:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

731996

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to the recommendations in Appendix 9 of the independent report, Changes to improve the performance of the Southern network and train services, and restore passenger confidence, when assessing Govia Thameslink Railway's outstanding force majeure claims.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>These recommendations will be considered alongside the rest of the report. Chris Gibb did not make any specific recommendations relating to the assessment of Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) claim for Force Majeure which is being assessed in accordance with the terms of GTR’s franchise agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:42:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

731986

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a decision will be made on the outstanding force majeure claims made by the Govia Thameslink Railway.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Force Majeure claim for official and unofficial action by train crew on Southern is extremely large and complex. The Department are finalising the assessment of the claim and will be informing Govia Thameslink Railway in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:32:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle