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1148032

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Egypt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the ban on direct flights from the UK to Sharm El Sheikh airport in Egypt.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	293558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport undertakes aviation security assessments at overseas airports. UK aviation security experts are working closely with their Egyptian counterparts on the ground. It is long standing government policy not to comment on security matters, however I can confirm that we continue to work in partnership with the Egyptian authorities, sharing aviation security expertise, and are grateful for their close engagement and support.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to achieving the return of flights to Sharm el-Sheikh when the situation allows.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/10/2019 10:04:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148033

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Egypt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the UK flight ban to Sharm el Sheikh.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	293559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport undertakes aviation security assessments at overseas airports. UK aviation security experts are working closely with their Egyptian counterparts on the ground. It is long standing government policy not to comment on security matters, however I can confirm that we continue to work in partnership with the Egyptian authorities, sharing aviation security expertise, and are grateful for their close engagement and support.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to achieving the return of flights to Sharm el-Sheikh when the situation allows.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/10/2019 16:41:40 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148127

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Egypt: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the level of risk of lifting the UK flight ban to Sharm el Sheikh.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	294246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport undertakes aviation security assessments at overseas airports. UK aviation security experts are working closely with their Egyptian counterparts on the ground. It is long standing government policy not to comment on security matters, however I can confirm that we continue to work in partnership with the Egyptian authorities, sharing aviation security expertise, and are grateful for their close engagement and support.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to achieving the return of flights to Sharm el-Sheikh when the situation allows.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/10/2019 11:34:30 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

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

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

1170277

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Western Railway: Strikes
	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 South Western Railway to compensate passengers for the heavily disrupted service from Woking Station into London during the recent RMT strike.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	2532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Passengers are entitled to compensation under the Delay Repay scheme for delays of 15 minutes or more against the published timetable on SWR. The Department are considering all options available to ensure passengers are compensated for this disruption</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 21/01/2020 14:26:31 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1173491

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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 steps his Department is taking to improve the performance of rail services operating from Woking to London.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	8260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>South Western Railways’ (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. Officials and I continue to monitor closely SWR’s performance and are currently in the process of finalising a Remedial Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/02/2020 16:20:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord