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1136203

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Rail Gourmet Holding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Rail Gourmet’s contract with LNER on the East Coast Mainline is planned to expire.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	272172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Provision of catering is an operational matter for LNER.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/07/2019 10:44:40 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1136204

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Rail Gourmet Holding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of LNER on Rail Gourmet not paying the living wage on the East Coast Mainline.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	272173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has had no such discussions. Provision of catering is an operational matter for LNER.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/07/2019 12:29:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1136205

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are any provisions in LNER's franchise agreement that would prevent that compnay from ensuring that its sub-contractors pay the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	272174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>LNER operates under a Services Agreement rather than a Franchise Agreement. There are no such provisions in the LNER Services Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/07/2019 12:32:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1136206

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Catering
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 value for money merits of bringing outsourced catering staff on the East Coast Mainline back in-house.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	272175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment. Provision of catering is an operational matter for LNER.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/07/2019 16:08:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1052476

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for the North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Transport for the North board meetings (a) he and (b) his Ministers plan to attend in 2019; and whether his Department plans to discuss the ongoing Northern Rail industrial dispute at (i) Transport for the North board meetings and (ii) any other ministerial meetings.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	215571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>I will be attending the meeting on 7<sup>th</sup> February and a Government minister will aim to attend each future meeting of the Board wherever possible. The agenda of each meeting is set in advance by TfN.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/02/2019 17:24:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1046887

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the disused national rail network remains in the ownership of Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	211842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Highways England is now responsible for the vast majority of the historic railways estate. This includes legacy bridges, abutments, tunnels, cuttings, viaducts and similar properties associated with closed railway lines, and sales. Network Rail is still responsible for a small proportion of disused railway lines which have been retained due to their close proximity or connection to currently operational railway lines. Network Rail’s records however do not distinguish between disused and operational railway lines, and therefore it is not possible to precisely indicate how much disused network they own.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 30/01/2019 14:48:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1046890

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Oxfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the disused Yarnton-Witney-Fairford branch line remains in the ownership of Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	211843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail no longer owns the disused Yarnton-Witney-Fairford branch line. The Highways England Historical Railways Estate is now responsible for the historical railways estate.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 31/01/2019 16:01:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1045520

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Rail Gourmet Holding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether London North Eastern Railway sets the rates of pay for staff that are employed under its Rail Gourmet contract.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	210502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Rail Gourmet sets the rates of pay for its own staff.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/01/2019 16:35:47 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1045521

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Rail Gourmet Holding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts London North Eastern Railway holds with Rail Gourmet; and what the cost to the public purse is of each of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	210503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>LNER has one contract in place with Rail Gourmet; for catering logistics and product supply. While there is an element of fixed cost in this contract, most of the spend under the terms of this contract is driven by the amount of products (food and drink) LNER orders from Rail Gourmet. The value of these contracts is commercially sensitive as it could well impact a proposal an alternative supplier would put forwards when next this contract goes through a competitive tender exercise. This could then reduce funds returned by LNER to the tax payer.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/01/2019 14:19:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1045522

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Gourmet Holding: Industrial Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the industrial relations of Rail Gourmet.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	210579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a local dispute over a breakdown in industrial relations between a private employer in the rail catering business and its catering employees who are members of the RMT. It is not appropriate for the Secretary of State to make any assessment and is for the parties concerned to resolve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/01/2019 14:39:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns