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100519

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent changes there have been to fares and rolling stock on the Northern and TransPennine franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	905607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Since December 2013 a £60million investment has delivered ten brand new Class 350 trains for Transpennine Express providing additional capacity. Fares set by TransPennine Express have not changed since January 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent changes to the Northern Rail fleet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 8 September, Northern introduced an evening peak period for the main cities during which off-peak tickets cannot be used. This will have no impact for season ticket holders. Northern believe this may reduce crowding for peak time commuters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/10/2014 14:07:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

63396

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the current fleet of rolling stock operated by the franchise holders on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines will have to be replaced by 2020 as they are not compliant with existing legal standards on passenger accessibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	201787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All passenger rolling stock is capable of being modified to modern access standards. Indeed,following consultation with its disability advisors, the Department for Transport has set out for the industry the work that must be completed to enable each fleet to operate after 2019. Whether to make that investment is a decision for the vehicle owners along with the bidders for the future Northern and TransPennine franchises, noting that some of the current fleet is expected to be displaced by electric units as a result of the Government's extensive programme of electrification in Northern England.</p><p> </p><p>The whole of the TransPennine fleet already meets current access standards, as does nine per cent of the Northern fleet. Work to make a further 36 per cent of Northern's vehicles fully accessible formed part of the recent directly awarded franchise agreement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 11:29:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

63397

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum train service levels will be contained in the new franchises for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	201788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:35:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

63406

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local transport authorities bidding for the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail franchises will have the freedom to specify (i) staffing levels, (ii) ticket office hours and (iii) driver-only specification of new rolling stock in the new franchise bids for each line.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	201685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not expect bids for the Northern or TransPennine Express franchises from Local Transport Authorities. This is because Section 25 of the Railways Act (1993 as amended) prevents any public sector operator, including Local Authorities from becoming a franchisee.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 11:41:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

63407

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger journeys there were on (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail train services between Manchester and Leeds in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	201689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport holds this information. However, it is held on a commercially confidential basis so cannot be released.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:51:39 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

63408

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which sections of the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail franchises service levels no longer match passenger demand.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	201687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics showing where there is overcrowding on peak weekday Northern Rail and First TransPennine Express services in a number of cities in England are available at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252514/rai0214.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252514/rai0214.xls</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>These statistics only cover routes in the selected cities and the Department does not hold the information requested for other locations.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:48:31 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

63409

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether bidders for the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail franchises will have the freedom to specify (i) staffing levels, (ii) ticket office hours and (iii) driver-only specification of new rolling stock in the new franchise bids for each line.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	201686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. We expect, however, that for both franchises: (i) staffing levels will be left for bidders to propose; (ii) under the current policy bidders are free to propose changes to ticket office hours, but any change could only take place following further public consultation; and (iii) Specification of Driver Only Operation is being considered for the Northern franchise but we expect to leave this free for bidders to propose on the TransPennine Express franchise.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:47:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

63410

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	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 whether the franchise specifications for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern Rail lines contained in the consultation document published on 9 June 2014 will lead to a change in the level of service for passengers in the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	201688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. The public consultation exercise sets out options and responses to it will inform these specifications. An objective for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises is to &quot;Realise the benefits from rail investment in the north of England, ensuring the successful delivery of journey time, frequency, reliability and connectivity benefits for passengers.&quot; This recognises the increase in capacity that the major infrastructure works in the North of England will allow.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:50:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

63417

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the current fleet of rolling stock operated by franchise holders on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines are scheduled for withdrawal from service before February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	201789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The lease of nine Class 170 trains (18 carriages) by TransPennine Express ends in May 2015. The rolling stock owner reached a commercial deal with Chiltern Railways for the nine trains to transfer to Chiltern Railways from that time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Northern Rail has leases in place for all its current fleet of trains through to the end of the current franchise in February 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 15:55:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

63418

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of efficiencies in (a) back-office and (b) support functions he expects to be included in bids for the new passenger rail franchises for (i) TransPennine and (ii) Northern lines.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	201791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. It will be for the bidders to decide on efficiency levels they put into their bids based upon the requirements that will be set out in the franchise specifications in the Invitations to Tender. The consultation can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a></p><p /> <p>.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/06/2014 14:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery