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61362

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects his Department's review of unpublished datasets to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	200191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department of Transport completed a comprehensive review of datasets held in August 2013 and this was made available via <a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk</a> on 2<sup>nd</sup> September 2013. This included details of 470 datasets including full metadata for all unpublished datasets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:50:20 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

61464

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
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 value of London Midland's rolling stock maintenance contract with Siemens after the direct award of the franchise for the period September 2015 to June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Negotiations for the direct award of the West Midlands franchise are yet to commence and the Department has not made any estimate on the value of London Midland's contract with Angel Trains. It should be noted that the value of rolling stock contracts are a commercial matter between the operator and the rolling stock owner.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 16:01:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61465

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
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 value of London Midland's rolling stock contract with Angel Trains after the direct award of the franchise for the period September 2015 to June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Negotiations for the direct award of the West Midlands franchise are yet to commence and the Department has not made any estimate on the value of London Midland's contract with Angel Trains. It should be noted that the value of rolling stock contracts are a commercial matter between the operator and the rolling stock owner.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:59:10 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61466

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
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 monitor London Midland's (a) budgeting and (b) contractual relationship with Siemens for maintenance work on the Desiro EMU fleet.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>London Midland provide their Management Accounts to the Department every period. In addition, we receive an annual Business Plan and quarterly forecasts of future revenues and costs for the following twelve months. These are reviewed by qualified management accountants within the Department and challenged with the London Midland senior management team at meetings with a view to assessing the ongoing viability of the TOC.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for monitoring the maintainer rests with the TOC who are responsible for delivering a required performance and availability benchmark through their Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:54:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61467

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of London Midland's current rolling stock is within the scope of the company's fleet maintenance contract with Siemens.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the delivery of the new class 350/3 trains ordered in 2012 , 74 trains (45% of the London Midland fleet) was maintained by Siemens; upon completion of delivery, 84 trains (49% of the fleet) will be maintained by Siemens.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:56:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61216

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential effects on (a) industrial relations, (b) rail passenger services and (c) rail franchising policy of London Midland's staffing proposals.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Staffing levels are a matter for the train operator, as long as they continue to deliver services that meet the requirements of the Franchise Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:48:59 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61217

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential effect on levels of passenger ticket revenue of London Midland's proposal to reduce the number of revenue protection staff.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>London Midland is not currently in receipt of revenue support. Unless revenue was to fall to such an extent that they were to be eligible for such payments, the revenue during this franchise term is entirely its risk. London Midland has assured us that their staff restructuring plans will not prevent them fulfilling their obligations in meeting the requirements of the Franchise Agreement. Therefore, unless revenue was to fall to the extent that London Midland were eligible for revenue support payments, no further assessment is planned.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:53:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61218

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives from Govia on its plan to reduce the number of revenue protection staff working on the London Midland line; what reasons he has been given by Govia for those reductions.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Govia have made us aware of their staffing restructuring plans and the reasoning behind them. They have also provided assurances that these plans will not prevent them from fulfilling their obligations in meeting the requirements of the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:50:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61219

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
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 existing contractual obligations to share ticket revenue with other train operating companies through the Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services system in the current franchise agreement between his Department and Govia for passenger rail services on the London Midland line.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services (ORCATS) is owned by Rail Settlement Plan Ltd, a company administered by the Association of Train Operating Companies and wholly-owned by the Train Operating Companies collectively. It is one of the means of allocating revenue. Under the Ticketing Settlement Agreement, ORCATS is the default allocation method used in respect of any ticket type and flow. However, it is not mandatory, and Train Operating Companies are free to agree a non-ORCATS allocation in respect of particular ticket types and/or flows if they think that the ORCATS model will not produce a fair estimate of true passenger behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:52:38 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

61220

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential effect on gateline staffing levels at (a) Birmingham New Street, (b) Coventry and (c) all stations on the London Midland line of London Midland's proposals to reduce the number of revenue protection staff.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Staffing levels and to which role staff are allocated are matters for the train operator, as long as they continue to deliver the services that meet the requirements of the Franchise Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:51:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham