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1136702

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of emissions at train stations.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	272818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The department recognises that poor air quality is a major public health issue.</p><p> </p><p>We are funding ongoing research conducted by the Rail and Safety Standards Board (RSSB) into the effect of the rail industry on air quality. This includes recent research at King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has set out its aspiration to remove all diesel-only trains from the rail network by 2040. Moving the rail industry away from diesel will both reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality. Progress is already being made, with absolute carbon emissions from passenger services in 2017-18 6.6 per cent lower than in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/07/2019 14:33:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1122528

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has published to help ensure that the staff of train operating companies are trained on health and safety and emergency procedures at train stations.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	246502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>In order to be able to operate services, operators of stations are required to operate and maintain a safety management system and to have this certified or authorised by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) every five years. A key part of this management system is the arrangements for the provision of training to staff on their health and safety responsibilities and the arrangements for managing emergencies. Supervision and enforcement of these arrangements is a matter for the ORR, who have published guidance on their expectations for safety management systems in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/05/2019 14:38:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1122530

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Safety
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 every train station has a bespoke (a) risk assessment and (b) health and safety policy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	246503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>All operators are subject to requirements of health and safety law relating to risk assessment, and in particular safety certificates and authorisations require evidence of risk assessment arrangements. Enforcement of these requirements is a matter for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Details of enforcement taken to date is available on the ORR website.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/05/2019 14:34:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1122533

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how frequently (a) risk assessments and (b) health and safety policies are reviewed at individual train stations.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	246504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Under health and safety law, enforced by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), station operators are required to carry out risk assessments in order to identify the measures they need to put in place to ensure the transport system they operate is safe. They must review risk assessments if they have reason to believe they are no longer valid or if there is a significant change in the matters to which the assessment relates. In order to operate services, operators are also required to operate and maintain a safety management system and to have this certified or authorised by the ORR every five years. This management system must include a company safety policy and the arrangements to communicate it to all staff.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/05/2019 14:30:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1122535

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many safety certificates were revoked at railway stations in each of the last five years by the Rail Regulator.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	246505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Certificates are issued by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in relation to an operator’s whole safety management system and are not issued at the level of individual stations. All of the current mainline safety certificates are listed on the ORR website.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/05/2019 14:15:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1122536

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Safety
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 train operating staff are aware of emergency procedures at train stations.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	246506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>In order to be able to operate services, operators of stations are required to operate and maintain a safety management system and to have this certified or authorised by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) every five years. A key part of this management system is the arrangements for the provision of training to staff on their health and safety responsibilities and the arrangements for managing emergencies. Supervision and enforcement of these arrangements is a matter for the ORR, who have published guidance on their expectations for safety management systems in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/05/2019 13:49:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1122537

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department suspends financial penalties for train delays and cancellations in the event of a health and safety incident.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	246507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The Franchise Agreement specifies that certain situations, which can include health and safety incidents, can be exempted from financial penalties, although this is not automatic. If a relevant authority (such as the ORR) issues a safety restriction for a specific period of time, a temporary revised performance plan may be agreed and put in place. In all cases, Franchisees are expected to implement mitigations to minimise the incident’s impact on passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/04/2019 10:43:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1061078

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
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 estimate of the proportion of the train system that accepts the use of an Oyster card as a payment method.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	221681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Oyster is a transport payment system that is used on transport services in London across the London zonal area plus travel outside the zonal area to and from a few national rail stations in the wider South East. The Transport for London website provides further details.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2019 14:28:38 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1061079

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
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 roll out Oyster card systems across England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	221682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Our ambition is to ensure that across regional and urban commuter areas smart ticketing can deliver the kind of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) structure that is used in London, to make journeys easier and smoother for passengers.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this month I launched a consultation to seek views on how PAYG travel areas could work, the options for changing fares to complement PAYG and the places in the South-East that could be suitable for PAYG, as part of our wider ambition to roll out PAYG. We have also allocated £150m to Transport for the North to deliver their multi-modal smart ticketing programme, which includes PAYG.</p><p> </p><p>The current consultation considers the most appropriate technology for PAYG, but notes that: a) Oyster is built to support a limited number of fares and zones, and so is less suitable further away from London; and b) that it has limited scope to be expanded further without significant modification.</p><p> </p><p>Transport in Wales is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2019 13:49:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord