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	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia
	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 the performance of Govia in operating the Thameslink franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	224595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s senior officials attend four weekly meetings with the train operators senior management team, where all aspects of performance under the franchise agreement can be scrutinised and challenged. In terms of Govia Thameslink Railway's (GTR's) delivery of services to passengers, while operational performance on its Great Northern route is robust, performance on its Thameslink route has been poor.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have held a number of meetings with Network Rail, GTR and the Office of Rail Regulation to discuss the poor performance on the Thameslink route. This has resulted in GTR and Network Rail publishing a high level improvement plan on their websites which sets out the actions they are taking to turn things around. They have also committed to updating the plan by the end of February with specific commitments on the outputs that will be delivered. Furthermore, the Department has secured a commitment that Network Rail and GTR shall provide a monthly report on progress towards their committed outputs and publish this on their websites, so that passengers have transparency on what is being delivered.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined to hold GTR and Network Rail to account for the delivery of their joint initiatives to improve Thameslink performance and, ultimately, provide the levels of service that passengers deserve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2015 11:21:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223686

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways
	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 the effectiveness of co-ordination of work by the train operating companies and Network Rail in order to ensure the smooth running of the railway.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	225413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>While there will inevitably be occasions when things do not go to plan, Network Rail and the train operators generally work together well in ensuring the safe and reliable running of services. The effective co-ordination of their respective activities is also supported by the work of a number of cross-industry bodies such as the Rail Delivery Group and National Task Force.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/03/2015 17:12:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

423031

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on implementing plans for new IEP and Thameslink rolling stock.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	12850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Implementation plans for both fleets are making good progress. Hitachi Rail’s Class 800/801 IEP train manufacturing facility was opened by the Prime Minister on 3 September, IEP depot construction continues as planned and testing of the three IEP test trains continues on the East Coast Main Line. In terms of Thameslink, Siemens has delivered the first two Class 700 trains and the Secretary of State opened the new Thameslink Programme Three Bridges traincare facility on 15 October. The first Class 700s trains are planned to enter passenger service, as planned, in Spring 2016.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/10/2015 09:38:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord