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1144456

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Fares
	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 equity of the most recent rise in rail ticket prices.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	286203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government does understand the concern about the cost of some rail fares and the impact that this can have on people’s budgets. This is why the Government has ensured that regulated rail fares can rise by no more than inflation for the last six years. While this change is unwelcome, it is not fair to ask people who do not use trains to pay more for those who do. Taxpayers already subsidise the network by more than £4bn a year – (54% of our transport budget is spent on the 2% of journeys that rail accounts for).</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:33:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1144457

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Woking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of railway services between London and Woking.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	286204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>South Western Railways’s (SWR) Franchise Agreement contains provisions that incentivises SWR to improve its own performance, and to work jointly with Network Rail. Challenging targets for performance have been set and where performance falls below expected levels, SWR is required to invest additional sums of money into initiatives to address the causes of the poor performance. This has been the case in the first two years of the Franchise, where targets were not met. My officials continue to closely monitor SWR’s performance and are currently in the process of contracting a Remedial Agreement plan.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 16:18:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1144478

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Woking
	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 require train companies operating services from Woking station into London to compensate passengers in instances of a reduced service over an extended period of time.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	286219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Compensation is not offered to rail passengers during instances of a reduced service. However, when things go wrong, and passengers are unable to make informed decisions about their ticket purchases, for example due to unannounced timetable changes, passengers are entitled to claim a refund.</p><p> </p><p>The South Western Railway (SWR) Passenger's Charter informs passengers of the amount of compensation they may claim back for a delay or cancellation. Compensation is measured against the timetable in operation on the day of travel. Recently the SWR timetable has had to be amended to mitigate the impact of the RMT strikes, and SWR are required to publicise these changes in advance of the day in question. If delays occur on the day compared to the temporary timetable in place, then passengers will be entitled to claim Delay Repay compensation for delays of 15 minutes or more on SWR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:26:33 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1144480

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	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 extend the compensation package to rail season ticket holders for delays of under 30 minutes.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	286221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We are working with train operators to roll out Delay Repay 15 (DR15) which entitles all passengers, including season ticket holders, who have been delayed by 15-29 minutes to compensation worth 25% of the ticket price.</p><p> </p><p>Today, over 70% of journeys on DfT franchises now have DR15 available to them, including passengers on South Western Railway. This forms part of government’s commitment to significantly improving compensation for passengers when things go wrong.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:43:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1144633

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Surrey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of rail franchises that operate in Surrey on reliability of services.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	286735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>There are regular discussions between Departmental Officials and Franchised Train Operators. Operational performance is discussed at contractual performance meetings, held at least every four weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:53:55 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1145022

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Woking
	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 (a) the peak seat capacity and (b) demand for rail services between Woking to London Waterloo in each peak morning hour.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	287524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport receives demand and capacity information for services at selected stations based on counts carried out by each Train Operating Company (TOC). This information is provided to the Department by the TOCs in confidence, as it relates to the way in which train operating companies operate their businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes aggregated statistics showing overall passenger numbers and crowding levels into the major cities and central London stations in the publication ‘<em>Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2018’. </em>Information on the total number of seats and passenger numbers travelling from all locations into London Waterloo (via Vauxhall) is presented in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Morning peak seating and passenger number arrivals into London Waterloo on a typical autumn weekday in 2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07:00 - 07:59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08:00 - 08:59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09:00 - 09:59</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Passengers</p></td><td><p>36,889</p></td><td><p>51,538</p></td><td><p>25,988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total seats</p></td><td><p>28,764</p></td><td><p>36,223</p></td><td><p>24,969</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>Additional years are available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/820139/rai0203.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/820139/rai0203.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>The only services which are exempt from commercial confidentiality are those which feature in the ‘top ten’ most overcrowded peak train services into major cities. In Autumn 2018, the 07:02 Woking to London Waterloo service featured in this list.</p><p> </p><p>Full details are available from the statistical release at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:02:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1145025

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Woking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train services from Woking to London Waterloo were cancelled as a result of train reliability issues in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	287527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information, but officials have asked SWR to get in touch with the Honourable Member to discuss his concerns, and answer this and any other questions he may have.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:35:23 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148381

	registered interest
	date	04/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Western Railway: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets his Department has set to measure the performance of South Western Railway.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	294715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Targets for performance are set out in Schedule 7.1 of the South Western Franchise Agreement, a version of which is published on Gov.UK at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/833157/south_western_railways_2017_rail_franchise_agreement.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/833157/south_western_railways_2017_rail_franchise_agreement.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/10/2019 09:56:25 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148384

	registered interest
	date	04/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Surrey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has allocated to (a) Woking and (b) Surrey for projects relating to his Department's cycling and walking investment strategy in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	294718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has provided £0.784 million for Bikeability training in schools in Surrey. Surrey County Council is one of the 46 local authorities benefiting from a total of £1.5 million investment to support the development of Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs). The Department has also allocated around £64 million to Surrey from non-ringfenced funding streams (including the Integrated Transport Block and Maintenance Block) of which a certain percentage is spent on measures which benefit cyclists and pedestrians. Local authorities are also able to use other local funds for cycling and walking projects.</p><p> </p><p>Surrey County Council is part of the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which was allocated almost £125 million through the Local Growth Fund (LGF). The Department conducted a survey of LEPs about investment of LGF on cycling and walking projects and this has shown that Enterprise M3 has allocated £42.3 million for cycling and walking projects in their region, including for projects in Woking and Guildford.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/10/2019 09:58:30 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord