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48048

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	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 has taken to ensure that the benefits of Crossrail are shared with passengers using London Victoria, London Bridge and London Blackfriars railway stations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	196016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p /><p>Crossrail will transform rail transport in London, increasing rail capacityby 10%,reducing congestion and cutting journey times across the city. The Crossrail route will run over 100km from Reading and Heathrow in the west, through new tunnels under central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. Crossrail will provide connections with more underground lines than any other service, which will enable more direct journeys and simpler interchanges.</p><p>Crossrail will decongest many London Underground lines, notably the Jubilee, Central, District and Circle lines, which many users of London Victoria, London Bridge and London Blackfriars stations use to connect with a range of destinations across London.</p><p>A new major rail interchange will be created at Farringdon connecting Crossrail and Thameslink services. This will benefit passengers using Thameslink services to London Bridge and London Blackfriars who will be able to interchange directly onto Crossrail services operating on a 24 train per hour basis from Farringdon connecting passengers directly to Canary Wharf in 9 minutes and Bond Street in 5 minutes. Passengers using London Victoria will have quick access to Crossrail services via the tube network at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road.</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	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

61186

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London Midland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to devolve decisions on London Midland passenger rail services to a local level; and what proposals on such lines he has made to the current franchisee.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	200126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /><p>The Government is committed to the principle of devolving responsibility for a range of its activities to the most appropriate level of local government, where it is sensible to do so.</p><p /><p /> <p>A proposition is being drafted by West Midlands Rail body (WMR) which is expected to be received by the end of July. WMR is meeting with Secretary of State early in July to discuss devolution.</p><p /> <p /><p /> <p>Following receipt of the proposition, the Secretary of State will decide whether to agree to the proposition in principle. If this is the case, detailed negotiations on the financial and contractual elements will then follow.</p><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/06/2014 14:47:48 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

50021

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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, which stations in each region (a) applied for and (b) received funding under the extension of the Access for All scheme from 2015 to 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	197886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /><p>The breakdown of successful stations against nominations by region is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Region</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Nominated</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Successful</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p><p> </p></td><td><p>63</p><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p><p> </p></td><td><p>15</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

57931

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Abbey Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) enhanced frequency and (b) restoration of late night trains are mandatory requirements in the specification for the tendering process of Abbey Line between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey station.
	tabling member constituency	Watford
	tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
	uin	198822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>The Department for Transport intends to negotiate a Direct Award for the West Midlands franchise to run from April 2016 to June 2017. We will work with the incumbent train operator, London Midland, to consider service enhancements and we will include the Watford Junction – St Albans route in our discussions. Any improvements will have to demonstrate both a positive business case and that they are affordable within the budget provided for the franchise.</p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/06/2014 14:23:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

50203

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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 research his Department has undertaken into (a) the safety effectiveness of voice warnings on freight vehicles reversing, (b) the extent of noise pollution arising from such warnings and (c) the potential benefits of introducing visually triggered automatic systems for giving warnings.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	198143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /><p>The Department has undertaken no recent research on voice warnings on reversing freight vehicles or on the benefits of visually triggered automatic systems.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

48372

	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 estimate he has made of the level of funding per head of the population for transport in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	uin	196230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent data available for regional expenditure is the Country and regional analysis for 2013, published by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table A.15 shows UK identifiable expenditure on services by function, country and region, per head, 2008-09 to 2012-13, of which: Transport</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The extract below gives identifiable expenditure per head for the West Midlands and England. Committed spend is not analysed at a lower level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is not the only public body responsible for transport and a large proportion of expenditure is covered by local government bodies.</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	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

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

49479

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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 meetings he has had with each private hire vehicle operator since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	197534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published every quarter and this information can be accessed on the GOV.UK website via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

48377

	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, how many coastguard operations room staff have applied for posts in the restructured coastguard service.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	196407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As at 14 April 2014, of those Coastguards currently working in a Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, 86 have applied for both new posts in the new coastguard structure and voluntary redundancy, 140 have applied for voluntary redundancy only and 128 have applied for a new post in the new coastguard structure only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 196405 196406 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

48381

	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, how many coastguard operations room staff have applied for voluntary redundancy.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	196406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As at 14 April 2014, of those Coastguards currently working in a Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, 86 have applied for both new posts in the new coastguard structure and voluntary redundancy, 140 have applied for voluntary redundancy only and 128 have applied for a new post in the new coastguard structure only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 196405 196407 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson