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1138895

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date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to commence negotiations with the First Group on the terms of an extension to the Great Western franchise after March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	277158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The current Great Western franchise agreement expires at 01.59am on 1 April 2020, having been extended to the fullest extent possible under its terms. In November 2017 the Secretary of State announced his intention to negotiate a new franchise agreement with the incumbent operator and discussions with FirstGroup are already under way.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 16:09:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1138898

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the standard of catering services on the new Class 800 trains operated by First Group under the Great Western franchise.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	277159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the response to its consultation on the future of the Great Western franchise on 28 August 2018: (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf). This shows ten areas of response from consultees about catering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 16:11:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1138899

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Catering
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 effect on passengers of the decision by the First Group to discontinue its buffet car facilities and replace them with a more limited trolley service.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	277160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the response to its consultation on the future of the Great Western franchise on 28 August 2018: (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf). This shows ten areas of response from consultees about catering, including comments about both trolley services and buffet cars</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 16:16:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1138900

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make it a condition of any future extension of the Great Western franchise that an operator must provide full buffet car catering facilities.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	277161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the response to its consultation on the future of the Great Western franchise on 28 August 2018: (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf). Decisions on policy on the specification of the next Great Western franchise are informed by this consultation, which did not show strong demand for full buffet car catering facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 16:14:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1138927

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Accident Investigation Branch: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the investigations undertaken by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch since 2010 have involved people working under a zero hours contract.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	277205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The RAIB does not routinely record contractual terms as part of every investigation. RAIB investigations are guided by individual events, and their recommendations form part of a culture of learning and continuous improvement which has led to the UK having one of the best railway safety records in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 12:42:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 129793 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1138658

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
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, with reference to his Department's news story, Competition opens to create community facilities as Pacer trains retire from passenger service, published on 11 July 2019, how much that competition has cost; and how many of his Department's staff have worked on that competition to date.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	276541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Launching the competition has brought no additional cost to the Department. Porterbrook are providing the Pacer carriages that will be converted into community assets free of charge. One member of Department staff will be responsible for the day to day running the competition for the next six months. This will include supporting external judges, who are giving their time for free, to select winning community groups when the competition closes in September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 14:55:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald