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805409

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 potential merits of introducing regional railcards.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	119080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>A number of regional railcards already exist. These typically arise from local agreements with train operators. As such any proposal for, or development of, new offers or railcards would fall to individual train operators following an assessment of and in response to local demand.</p><p> </p><p>National Railcards are governed by the railcard scheme council and any changes to existing railcards, or new railcards, would therefore be for the industry to propose not Government.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/12/2017 17:07:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

805413

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Swindon
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 extend the Network Railcard area to cover Swindon.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	119084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The network railcard is a concessionary railcard arising from an agreement between the relevant train operators.</p><p> </p><p>National Railcards are governed by the industry’s railcard scheme council and any changes to existing railcards, or new railcards, would therefore be for the industry to propose not Government.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/12/2017 12:25:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757816

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Swindon Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will conduct a review of the capacity of Swindon rail station.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not propose to conduct a review of the capacity of Swindon rail station at the present time. We will continue to engage with Network Rail’s route utilisation strategy for work programmes for the period starting in April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/09/2017 11:41:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757817

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: WiFi
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 availability of WiFi across the rail network.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Train Operating Companies are continuing to fit Wi-Fi on trains. Based upon the information received from Train Operating Companies on the fitment of Wi-Fi roughly 50% of trains have equipment installed, which is a two-thirds increase from the position at the start of 2016.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 14:12:12 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757818

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Ombudsman
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 create a Public Transport Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to putting passengers at the heart of everything we do and want them to have a stronger voice. As part of this, we are fully supportive of the introduction of an independent Rail Ombudsman to investigate and rule on unresolved rail passenger complaints.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 14:21:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

751837

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Swindon Station
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 capacity of Swindon rail station.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	4828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has made no recent assessment of the capacity of Swindon station.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/07/2017 09:55:49 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

748510

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve access to rail stations for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	3171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to improving accessibility of the rail network. Currently 70% of train fleets operating passenger services meet modern accessibility standards, up from just 39% as at January 2011, with the remaining vehicles due to be either upgraded or replaced by 1 January 2020. We are continuing to improve station access through the Access for All programme and other major projects such as Thameslink or Crossrail. By 2019 at least 75% of all journeys will be from stations with step-free access.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/07/2017 06:02:44 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

711087

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Swindon
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 capacity of Swindon station.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	67922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has made no recent assessment of the capacity of Swindon station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/03/2017 15:03:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

711091

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Swindon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people used Swindon station in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	67908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Station usage statistics are collected and published by the Office of Rail and Road. The usage of Swindon station shown in those statistics is:</p><p> </p><p>2000-01: 2,064,669</p><p>2001-02: 2,011,159</p><p>2002-03: 2,117,084</p><p>2003-04: -*</p><p>2004-05: 2,257,719</p><p>2005-06: 2,340,952</p><p>2006-07: 2,515,492</p><p>2007-08: 2,758,891</p><p>2008-09: 2,905,266</p><p>2009-10: 2,835,364</p><p>2010-11: 3,039,228</p><p>2011-12: 3,232,578</p><p>2012-13: 3,220,180</p><p>2013-14: 3,350,444</p><p>2014-15: 3,503,982</p><p>2015-16: 3,580,540</p><p> </p><p>* The statistics consistently omit the 2003-04 year due to a change in the statistical series.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/03/2017 15:12:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

622705

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic merits and (b) benefits to passengers of a western rail link to Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	50682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Network Rail’s own data details that a Western Rail Link to Heathrow will involve over £800 million of UK economic activity, including additional economic benefits for the region.</p><p> </p><p>Passengers will benefit from new journey opportunities, improving access to Heathrow from the South Coast, South West, South Wales and West Midlands via a simple change of train at Reading. This will spare passengers the frustration of passing Heathrow on the way to Paddington, before having to turn around and do the last part of the journey in reverse – significantly reducing rail journey times between Reading and Heathrow.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 04/11/2016 09:41:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson