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1126020

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Flexible Working
	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 contribution of home and flexible working to reducing congestion on (a) rail and (b) road networks.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	253480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department considers all aspects that may affect the rail and road network when assessing the changes of demand for the future.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>The Department updated its rail forecasting guidance in 2016 to take into account different trip rates for people in different age groups and occupations. This was based on analysis of the National Travel Survey. The Department continues to review its forecasts, including analysing the impact of flexible working. The Departments’ guidance feeds into business cases for rail investments and franchise analysis. The guidance is called ‘WebTAG’ and is published on the Department’s website</p></li><li><p>The ‘Latest Evidence on Factors Impacting Road Traffic Growth’ review published by the Department in May 2018 included reviews of tele-commuting and the impact of e-commerce and social media on travel. The findings from this research informed the development of the Draft ‘Road Investment Strategy 2’.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 13:13:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1126204

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great Western Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the current contract for the Great Western franchise includes a requirement for a trolley-only catering service on trains.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	253624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The current Great Western franchise agreement is published on the Department’s website. The franchise agreement requires Great Western Railway to offer a trolley-based catering service for both standard and first class on some services operated by Intercity Express Trains, in line with Great Western Railway’s offer to the Department at the time the franchise agreement was negotiated.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 11:05:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1126205

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great Western Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the current contract for the Great Western franchise allows for the catering provision to be provided via a buffet café-bar counter service on trains.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	253625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Great Western franchise agreement does not prevent on-board catering provision by Great Western Railway including a buffet or café-bar counter service.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 10:54:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1126206

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Trains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department was consulted on the decision to remove the buffet café-bar service from all Great Western Intercity Express trains.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	253626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The specification of the trains was developed by the Department to deliver the outcomes it wanted to achieve with the new fleet, including more passenger seats, more leg room, increased capacity, reduced journey time, increased reliability and greater passenger comfort. This specification included an extensive, consultation process including with the train operator that was recognised by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and awarded the User Centred Product Design Award. The process involved numerous passenger groups representing commuters, cyclists, wheel chair users and visually impaired travellers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 10:34:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1126207

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Trains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the level of customer demand for a trolley-only catering service on Great Western Intercity Express trains.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	253627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the response to its consultation on the future of the Great Western franchise on 28 August 2018: (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf</a>). This shows ten areas of response from consultees about catering, including comments about both trolley services and buffet cars.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 10:31:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1125684

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Abellio bid for the East Midlands Trains franchise was fully compliant with the terms set out by the Department for the evaluation of bids.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	252625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to the answer given on 8 May [250032] in regards to East Midlands Trains franchise.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 10:54:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1125736

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a direct train service operates from West Malling and Borough Green to London Bridge from December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	252649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>We are working with the current operator of Thameslink, Govia Thameslink Railway, and with the industry to realise the full benefits of the Thameslink Programme as part of the new timetable process. We have been absolutely clear that our main priority is delivering the reliable services that passengers expect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 11:21:38 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

1125753

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ebbsfleet International Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of passenger numbers using Ebbsfleet station.
	tabling member constituency	Dartford
	tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
	uin	252575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publishes annual Estimates of Station Usage, which provides the total number of entries &amp; exits and interchanges for each station on Great Britain’s national rail network.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication for 2017-18 shows that there were estimated to be 1,961,528 entries &amp; exits and 57,476 interchanges at Ebbsfleet International. This does not include passengers using the Eurostar services.</p><p> </p><p>The full publication including more historic data can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates" target="_blank">https://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 10:57:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1125754

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ebbsfleet International Station
	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 future passenger numbers on Southeastern services to and from Ebbsfleet station.
	tabling member constituency	Dartford
	tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
	uin	252576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road provides estimates of current passenger numbers including Ebbsfleet and these are available from the ORR website. The Department for Transport publishes guidance on forecasting demand growth in the future for stations on the network. This guidance is called ‘WebTAG’ and can be found on the Department’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 10:48:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1125263

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bramley Station: CCTV
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to Northern Rail to install CCTV equipment at Bramley Station in Leeds in response to reports of increased criminal activity around that station.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	252020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>There is a CCTV camera already installed at Bramley station which now covers the cycle storage, the approach and the car park.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/05/2019 13:31:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves