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1123646

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the disqualification of Stagecoach from three rail franchise bids, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of the rail franchise system.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Williams Review is currently considering potential rail industry structures and will summarise its recommendations as part of a white paper in Autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/05/2019 13:48:42 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123647

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Virgin Trains: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the disqualification of Stagecoach from three rail franchise bids, what steps is he taking to help protect the (a) jobs and (b) terms and conditions of all staff employed by Virgin Trains West Coast.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Invitation to Tender for the West Coast Partnership does not specify a reduction in any staff, and is explicit in its requirement for a franchisee who will provide a high-quality experience for all customers, including through excellent customer service.</p><p>Overall, since 2010/11 we have seen an increase in the total number of people employed by Train Operating Companies of nearly 20%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 248672 248679 248680 question first answered 08/05/2019 14:01:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123648

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Virgin Trains: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the disqualification of Stagecoach from three rail franchise bids, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the jobs and terms and conditions of all staff employed by sub-contractors for Virgin Trains West Coast are protected.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Invitation to Tender for the West Coast Partnership does not specify a reduction in any staff, and is explicit in its requirement for a franchisee who will provide a high-quality experience for all customers, including through excellent customer service.</p><p>Overall, since 2010/11 we have seen an increase in the total number of people employed by Train Operating Companies of nearly 20%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 248671 248679 248680 question first answered 08/05/2019 14:01:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123649

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, whether a train guard will be retained on every train in the next West Coast Main Line franchise contract.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Invitation to Tender for the West Coast Partnership does not specify a reduction in any staff, and is explicit in its requirement for a franchisee who will provide a high-quality experience for all customers, including through excellent customer service.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/05/2019 14:16:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123650

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, whether the current catering provision will be (a) maintained and (b) expanded in the next West Coast Main Line franchise contract.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The West Coast Partnership Invitation to Tender incentivizes a future franchise operator to develop proposals to significantly improve the overall catering offer for passengers, such as improving passenger choice, quality, complimentary first class catering and offering advance ordering or at seat services.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/05/2019 14:25:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123651

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, whether the current ticket office provision will be (a) maintained and (b) expanded in the next West Coast Main Line franchise contract.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The West Coast Partnership Invitation to Tender requires any future franchise operator to deliver a high-quality standard of ticket retailing service to all customers which will provide them with widespread and easy access to the full range of fares and a range of ticket retail opportunities that meet their needs.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/05/2019 14:44:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123652

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, whether the current level of provision of station staff will be (a) maintained and (b) expanded in the next West Coast Main Line Franchise contract.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Invitation to Tender for the West Coast Partnership does not specify a reduction in any staff (including on train), and is explicit in its requirement for a franchisee who will provide a high-quality experience for all customers, including through excellent customer service.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/05/2019 14:49:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123653

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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 disqualification of Stagecoach from three rail franchise bids, whether Virgin Trains will retain the West Coast Main Line franchise until March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The current franchise agreement with West Coast Trains Limited is due to expire on 1 April 2020. There is a contractual option to terminate the franchise agreement at the Secretary of State’s discretion no earlier than 11 November 2019 upon the provision of three months’ notice to West Coast Trains Limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/05/2019 14:51:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123655

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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 disqualification of Stagecoach from three rail franchise bids, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the compliance of the remaining bidders for the West Coast Main Line franchise.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not comment on a live competition. All bids received for any franchise competition are evaluated against the requirements and instructions set out in the relevant Invitation to Tender.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/05/2019 14:54:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1123656

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Virgin Trains: Staff
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 potential effect on job (a) numbers and (b) roles of staff employed by Virgin Trains West Coast of the disqualification of Stagecoach from three rail franchise bids.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	248679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Invitation to Tender for the West Coast Partnership does not specify a reduction in any staff, and is explicit in its requirement for a franchisee who will provide a high-quality experience for all customers, including through excellent customer service.</p><p>Overall, since 2010/11 we have seen an increase in the total number of people employed by Train Operating Companies of nearly 20%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 248671 248672 248680 question first answered 08/05/2019 14:01:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy