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64560

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on concessionary travel spending in York Unitary Authority in each year since 2008-09.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The total amount spent by York City Council on concessionary travel, including the statutory concession and any relevant discretionary enhancements, is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2008 - 09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009 - 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1010 - 11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011 - 12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012 - 13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>York City Council spend on concessionary travel (£000s)</strong></p></td><td><p>5,013</p></td><td><p>5,307</p></td><td><p>4,902</p></td><td><p>4,633</p></td><td><p>4,826</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2013/14 are still being collated.</p><p> </p><p>Local authority formula grant has been the main vehicle for providing concessionary travel funding to local authorities since the current statutory concession's introduction in 2008. Since this grant is unhypothecated it is not possible to provide a breakdown by authority.</p><p> </p><p>In 2008 the Department for Transport provided English authorities with a total of £31 million to assist in the reissuing of concessionary passes, £130,972 of which was allocated to York City Council.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2008 and April 2011 the Department made Special Grant payments to authorities, in addition to the formula grant they were already receiving, recognising the additional cost of the extension to pre-2008 concessionary travel arrangements. The following table indicates the amount of funding available to York in each of the three years during which special grant was paid.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2008 / 09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009 / 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010 / 11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Special grant funding available to York City Council:</strong></p></td><td><p>1,112</p></td><td><p>1,138</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 14:42:34 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

48368

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	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 to improve the performance of London Midland commuter trains.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
	tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
	uin	196279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not monitor train operator performances by service type (i.e. commuter trains only) under the Franchise Agreement; we monitor each operator's performance across their whole network against benchmarks under the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department monitors each train operator's overall performance against these benchmarks and there are clear actions set out in the Franchise Agreement should performance drop below what is expected. This regular monitoring includes monthly meetings with their senior management where performance figures are scrutinised and challenged.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At present London Midland are assessed as being within their contracted performance benchmarks as set out in the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2002 when Network Rail took control of Britain's Rail infrastructure, train performance was languishing at record low levels (78.6% of trains arriving on time nationally). Since then, it has risen to averaging around 90%. Network Rail has been tasked with ensuring that 92.5% of trains arrive on time nationally by 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are determined that improvements in infrastructure across the network, as evidenced by the £38 billion investment agreed with Network Rail for the next 5 years, will further improve the performance of all train operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

47688

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the capacity utilisation on trains out of Euston between 6.30am and 9.00am on a weekday morning was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	195752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Published information relating to rail demand is available via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table RA10203 shows the following pattern of demand for trains departing Euston on a typical autumn weekday in 2012</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><strong>Start of service to 06:59 </strong></td><td><strong>07:00 - 07:59 </strong></td><td><strong>08:00 - 08:59 </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong> Euston departures</strong></td><td><strong>Passengers</strong></td><td>1,046</td><td>2,290</td><td>3,378</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Total seats</strong></td><td>5,826</td><td>6,117</td><td>7,471</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

47689

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff Network Rail employed (a) in the last year for which figures are available and (b) in 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	195953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is currently a private sector company limited by guarantee, and its annual total staff complement is a matter for the company. Network Rail advises that in 2012-13, the last year for which figures are available, the average number of its employees was 35,190. The figure for 2010-11 was 35,606.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

47690

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of outstanding property development proposals on Network Rail land is.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	195952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is currently a private sector company limited by guarantee and the development of its property portfolio is a matter for the company, within the regulatory and incentives framework established for it by the independent Office of Rail Regulation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48373

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	196217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department does not hold this information centrally and commissioning a stock take of stationery stock levels would represent a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

60606

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what fuding from the public purse was provided to support (a) infrastructure on each rail route and (b) each rail franchise in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	199716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department does not hold the information at rail route level regarding funding from the public purse provided to support infrastructure.　 This is a matter for Network Rail and the Member may wish to contact Network Rail's Chief Executive at the following address for information relating to her request:</p><p> </p><p>Mark Carne</p><p>Chief Executive</p><p>Network Rail</p><p>Kings Place</p><p>90 York Way</p><p>London</p><p>N1 9AG.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Rail Regulation publishes statistics showing the subsidy paid to or premia received from each train operator since 2008/09 at:</p><p><a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/6d363642-c3a9-4a29-9477-542810798fa7" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/6d363642-c3a9-4a29-9477-542810798fa7</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for 2006/07-2007/08 are published by year at:</p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/archived-data/orr-archived-national-rail-trends-publications" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/archived-data/orr-archived-national-rail-trends-publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2005/06 and earlier years were produced on a different basis to those from 2006/07 onwards, so are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:32:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

60610

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in each of the last five years Network Rail has faced sanctions as a consequence of late running engineering works on (a) Greater Anglia routes and (b) each other route.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	199729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Track Access Contracts between Network Rail and train operators provide for Network Rail to pay compensation to an operator in the event that train services cannot operate or are delayed due to engineering works or disruption outside that operator's control.　 The Department does not hold details of the timing or number of such payments, which are a commercial matter between the parties directly concerned, overseen by the Office of Rail Regulation.　 The Office of Rail Regulation publishes the annual totals of these payments at route level on its data portal:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/345da3b9-b9ac-449a-aace-8298c5b39e2b" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/345da3b9-b9ac-449a-aace-8298c5b39e2b</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>In addition, the Office of Rail Regulation is currently considering whether or not Network Rail should face a penalty in respect of its failure to meet its regulatory targets for the performance of Long Distance and London and South East services during 2013-14.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 199730 199731 question first answered 16/06/2014 15:34:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

60611

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in each of the last five years Network Rail has faced financial sanctions as a consequence of delays and disruption to services or poor performance on (a) Greater Anglia routes and (b) each other route.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	199731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Track Access Contracts between Network Rail and train operators provide for Network Rail to pay compensation to an operator in the event that train services cannot operate or are delayed due to engineering works or disruption outside that operator's control.　 The Department does not hold details of the timing or number of such payments, which are a commercial matter between the parties directly concerned, overseen by the Office of Rail Regulation.　 The Office of Rail Regulation publishes the annual totals of these payments at route level on its data portal:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/345da3b9-b9ac-449a-aace-8298c5b39e2b" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/345da3b9-b9ac-449a-aace-8298c5b39e2b</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>In addition, the Office of Rail Regulation is currently considering whether or not Network Rail should face a penalty in respect of its failure to meet its regulatory targets for the performance of Long Distance and London and South East services during 2013-14.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 199729 199730 question first answered 16/06/2014 15:34:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

60612

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in each of the last five years Network Rail has faced financial penalties as a consequence of poor performance disrupting services on (a) Greater Anglia routes and (b) each other route.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	199730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Track Access Contracts between Network Rail and train operators provide for Network Rail to pay compensation to an operator in the event that train services cannot operate or are delayed due to engineering works or disruption outside that operator's control.　 The Department does not hold details of the timing or number of such payments, which are a commercial matter between the parties directly concerned, overseen by the Office of Rail Regulation.　 The Office of Rail Regulation publishes the annual totals of these payments at route level on its data portal:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/345da3b9-b9ac-449a-aace-8298c5b39e2b" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/345da3b9-b9ac-449a-aace-8298c5b39e2b</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>In addition, the Office of Rail Regulation is currently considering whether or not Network Rail should face a penalty in respect of its failure to meet its regulatory targets for the performance of Long Distance and London and South East services during 2013-14.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 199729 199731 question first answered 16/06/2014 15:34:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel