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	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans received Pension Credit in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	19525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/03/2024 14:52:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

628179

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	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 October 2016 to Question 47386, whether every pound raised from passenger journeys means every pound spent by passengers on rail journeys.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	51862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 47386, every pound raised from passenger journeys means every pound spent by passengers on rail journeys.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/11/2016 14:51:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

628180

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	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 October 2016 to Question 47386, on railways: finance, what the remaining 74 pence is spent on.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	51863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 47386, figures<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> collated by the private company, Rail Delivery Group, evidence the following breakdown for the remaining 74 pence:</p><ul><li>22 pence on maintaining track and trains;</li><li>25 pence on industry staff costs;</li><li>11 pence on leasing trains;</li><li>9 pence on interest payments and other costs;</li><li>4 pence on fuel for trains; and</li><li>3 pence on train company profits.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/83871.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/83871.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/11/2016 14:58:29 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

596055

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2016 to Question 45695, on railways: fares, for what reason his Department uses the Retail Price Index as an index for inflation; and if he will consider using a different index for inflation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	47385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The use of the Retail Price Index (RPI) is consistent with the general indexation approach adopted across the rail industry. The Office of Rail and Road uses RPI as the index for Network Rail’s revenues e.g. Track Access Charges. RPI is used widely across Government, including for index linked bonds, vehicle exercise duty, alcohol and tobacco duties, air passenger duty and climate change levies.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that the July 2016 figures for RPI (published on 14 September 2016) and average weekly earnings growth stood at 1.9% and 2.3%, respectively. Each July’s RPI figure is used to set regulated rail fares from January 2nd the following year. On this basis average earnings continue to remain ahead of allowable regulated rail fares increases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2016 13:17:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

596056

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	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 13 September 2016 to Question 45695, what proportion of rail fares paid by passengers are reinvested in the railways by Network Rail.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	47386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Office of Road &amp; Rail calculates that 97 pence in every pound raised from passenger journeys is spent on running or improving the railway by Network Rail and the Train Operating Companies. Approximately 26 pence in every pound is reinvested through capital enhancements and renewals.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/21039/gb-rail-industry-financial-information-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/21039/gb-rail-industry-financial-information-2014-15.pdf</a></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Rail Delivery Group calculates that 97 pence in every pound raised from passenger journeys is spent on running or improving the railway by Network Rail and the Train Operating Companies. Approximately 26 pence in every pound is reinvested through capital enhancements and renewals.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/83871.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/83871.aspx</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2016 12:29:57 question first ministerially corrected 09/11/2016 14:42:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 14173 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

578752

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	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 recent representations he has made to rail franchises on above inflation rail increases.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	45695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government regulates the existence and price of certain rail fares. We protect passengers by setting the maximum amount regulated fares can increase year-on-year. In general the fares that are regulated include commuter fares (in major cities), some weekly, monthly or annual season tickets, day singles and returns (Oyster Pay As You Go in London) as well as some protected fares like long-distance off-peak return fares (formerly Saver Returns). We have capped the rail fares we regulate at inflation (Retail Price Index) for four years running, and will continue to do so for the life of this parliament. This means those fares we regulate will rise by no more than 1.9% in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Other fares are unregulated, and train operators are permitted to set these on a commercial basis, taking account of competition from other transport modes and the need to attract business in order to grow their revenue. Unregulated fares include the lower cost Advance purchase fares which have been introduced by a number of operators. This has helped to make some leisure travel services significantly cheaper for passengers who are able to book ahead and commit themselves to travelling on a specific departure, and has also helped to fill emptier trains. While there is a wide range of fares available advance fares are a key rail success of recent years where we have seen huge growth. Unregulated advance tickets have increased from 8% of revenue in 2007/08 to 14% of revenue in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The fares that passengers pay are supporting the biggest modernisation programme on Britain’s railways for over a century. In the five years to 2019, Network Rail is spending more than £38 billion to maintain and improve the network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/09/2016 10:57:16 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe