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1523654

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of the 24 August to Question 45915 with reference to Schedule 6.2, Clause 10.6 West Coast Rail Franchise Agreement, whether a figure was agreed on train driver recruitment and training plans with the Department.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	65872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Train driver recruitment and training plans were agreed in June 2020. These plans were significantly delayed for the duration of the COVID pandemic, as were recruitment and training across all operators.</p><p>Just under 100 additional drivers will enter formal service between April and December this year. Avanti is therefore planning a significant increase in services in December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2022 09:41:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1523806

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	TransPennine Express: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has worked with Trans Pennine Express on a service improvement plan.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	65873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department, which manages the contract in partnership with Transport for the North, has been in regular dialogue with TransPennine Express (TPE) to manage the provision of services in the face of prolonged national and local industrial action and a backlog of training caused by COVID.</p><p>The actions that have been agreed and continue to be discussed include:</p><ul><li>Ongoing review of timetables to establish a stable and reliable base in the short term;</li><li>Introduction of additional drivers and conductors;</li><li>More drivers recruited to reduce TPE’s reliance on rest day working and overtime;</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2022 12:38:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1523826

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	TransPennine Express: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department was informed of Trans Pennine Express' plans to reduce services from Monday 12 September before those plans were announced.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	65874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>With the escalation of industrial action from May 2022 (on a national scale), and the continued high staff sickness levels, TPE services had become increasingly unreliable.</p><p>The reduction in TransPennine Express services was implemented after discussion with the Department, with our partner in managing the TPE national rail contract Transport for the North, and involved stakeholders in the regions affected, including Transport Scotland, Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester Airport Group.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2022 09:26:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1522543

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's commitment to build Northern Powerhouse Rail includes the infrastructure upgrades to the Sheffield to Hull line via Doncaster.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	63280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear the Government’s commitment to delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail in full, including a stop in Bradford. Plans will be set out in due course including potential opportunities for acceleration. We will engage closely with local leaders and MPs in reaching detailed decisions on the infrastructure options.</p><p>The Government intends to proceed with the study announced in the Integrated Rail Plan to look at the most effective way to run HS2 trains to Leeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63281 63282 63283 question first answered 19/10/2022 13:42:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1522545

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's commitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail includes the new line from Liverpool to Manchester via Central Warrington.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	63281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear the Government’s commitment to delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail in full, including a stop in Bradford. Plans will be set out in due course including potential opportunities for acceleration. We will engage closely with local leaders and MPs in reaching detailed decisions on the infrastructure options.</p><p>The Government intends to proceed with the study announced in the Integrated Rail Plan to look at the most effective way to run HS2 trains to Leeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63280 63282 63283 question first answered 19/10/2022 13:42:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1522547

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's commitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail includes the electrification of the line from Selby to Hull.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	63282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear the Government’s commitment to delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail in full, including a stop in Bradford. Plans will be set out in due course including potential opportunities for acceleration. We will engage closely with local leaders and MPs in reaching detailed decisions on the infrastructure options.</p><p>The Government intends to proceed with the study announced in the Integrated Rail Plan to look at the most effective way to run HS2 trains to Leeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63280 63281 63283 question first answered 19/10/2022 13:42:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1522550

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's commitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail includes building the HS2 Eastern leg to Leeds identified in Transport for the North's preferred network.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	63283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear the Government’s commitment to delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail in full, including a stop in Bradford. Plans will be set out in due course including potential opportunities for acceleration. We will engage closely with local leaders and MPs in reaching detailed decisions on the infrastructure options.</p><p>The Government intends to proceed with the study announced in the Integrated Rail Plan to look at the most effective way to run HS2 trains to Leeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63280 63281 63282 question first answered 19/10/2022 13:42:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1521634

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of the new trains that will be required on the upgraded TransPennine route.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	62892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The types of trains required for the route, cognisant of the wider network, are currently being assessed by the department and the Train Operating Companies as part of the development of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. As costs are developed they will be considered in future business cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/10/2022 10:32:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1521635

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the West Coast Partnership Emergency Recovery Measures agreement, published September 2020, Part 1, Schedule 6.2(A), Clause 10.2(b), how many train drivers were needed to be recruited to deliver the planned passenger services, and how many of those drivers have been recruited to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	62893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>To date, Avanti West Coast has recruited 105 drivers.</p><p>Extended and unprecedented reductions in train services, alongside training restrictions imposed just months after the start of the Franchise, have made accurate driver requirement projections challenging.</p><p>AWC are on course to introduce 100 additional drivers into formal service this year in support of its recovery plan which will see services significantly increase by December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:21:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1521636

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part 1, Schedule 6.2(A), Clause 10 of the West Coast Partnership Franchise Agreement, how many train drivers have been recruited from the beginning of the franchise to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	62894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>To date, Avanti West Coast has recruited 105 drivers.</p><p>Extended and unprecedented reductions in train services, alongside training restrictions imposed just months after the start of the Franchise, have made accurate driver requirement projections challenging.</p><p>AWC are on course to introduce 100 additional drivers into formal service this year in support of its recovery plan which will see services significantly increase by December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:24:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh