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	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, the total number of trains (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for each franchise in each month since January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	151210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The attached document provides information on the total number of trains (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for each franchise in each month since January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson attachment 1 file name 151210 - Cancelled.pdf title Cancelled 2 file name 151210 - Stevens - Late.pdf title Late question first answered 12/06/2018 15:45:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/06/2018 09:26:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 62988 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1464913

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	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 ensure frequent and reliable transport is available and accessible to all rail commuters.
	tabling member constituency	South West Hertfordshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Gagan Mohindra
	uin	6940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>As the pandemic is changing travel habits, operators are reassessing their services to ensure they provide rail timetables that meet new passenger travel patterns and carefully balance cost, capacity and performance. New timetables will be flexible enough to deliver the right services where they are needed most, and operators will work with their local markets wherever possible to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is to make all journeys accessible for all passengers. The Department has, extended the Access for All programme until 2024 at a cost of almost £400 million. So far, over 200 stations have benefitted from step-free accessible routes and over 1500 from smaller scale access improvements.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department continues to support initiatives, such as the Passenger Assist app, and is using the rail contracting process to make the network more accessible by introducing new requirements on train and station operators, such as the introduction of an enhanced disability awareness training for all customer-facing staff, and those with management responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>A new National Rail Accessibility Strategy is currently being developed by the Great British Railways Transition Team which will set out how we and the rail industry can work towards accessibility for all passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 26/05/2022 11:03:59 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4804 label Biography information for Mr Gagan Mohindra

65080

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to ensure that improvements in rail infrastructure in the South East are matched by improvements in the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	203333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government's £38bn Rail Investment Strategy for the period 2014-2019 is set to benefit rail passengers throughout the country. Key projects that will transform rail services in the North West include the Northern Hub programme, the redevelopment of Manchester Victoria station, and electrification from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool, Preston, and Blackpool.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 14:31:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

541095

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2016 to Question 40286, asked by the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich, what the title is of the group that meets monthly.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	43657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The title of this group is the South East Quadrant.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/09/2016 08:45:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

638428

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the data provided by train operating companies to his Department on the level and cause of cancellations and delays is the same data that has been verified by the Train Running Under System used by Network Rail, the Train Operating Companies and the Office of Rail and Road.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	53641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The primary source for all industry information about train performance is Train Running Under System TOPS (TRUST) operated by Network Rail. This includes data which is subsequently supplied to the Department by train operators. However, train operators use the TRUST data in their own systems, and have access to additional information which may mean there are minor differences between the raw data from TRUST and the data provided to the Department by operators.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 22/11/2016 13:34:44 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

644362

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the amount of time it takes to despatch a train under (a) driver and (b) guard conductor dispatch.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	54994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>No simple answer can be provided to this question, as the time taken under either mode is dependent on too many variables, including class of train (there are over 60 classes of rolling stock in use on the UK rail network) and station operating conditions.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/11/2016 13:07:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

647798

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of delays or cancellations that have been caused on national Driver Operation Only (P) services by faulty rolling stock in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	55354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>Train operators report the number of cancellations and delay minutes that they are responsible for which includes delays caused by faulty rolling stock. This information is not segregated by type of operation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/12/2016 14:41:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

647800

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department has received on the number of delays or cancellations caused on national rail services by faulty rolling stock in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	55323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information for the number of delays or cancellations caused by faulty rolling stock.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/12/2016 14:08:37 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

650366

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates (a) his and (b) predecessor departments received force majeure claims from train operating companies since January 1996; and what the outcome was in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	55987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/12/2016 14:18:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

652390

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to increase the powers of regulators to sanction poorly performing railway operators.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	56131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>We have no current plans to reform the way the railway is regulated. The Government is moving towards a more integrated railway which brings track and train closer together and so works better for passengers in the first place. This should reduce the relative importance of regulatory mechanisms to address poor performance.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/12/2016 13:49:13 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps