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1521969

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department agreed contracts for the leasing of rolling stock with (a) Porterbrook (b) Rock Rail and (c) Cross London Trains as part of the Govia Thameslink Railway National Rail Contract announced on 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	62949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway Limited (GTR) were responsible for negotiating contracts in respect of the leasing of rolling stock. The Department provided consent for GTR to enter into these leases with the aforementioned rolling stock owners per the terms of GTR’s National Rail Contract.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 13:02:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1520839

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the use of rail freight.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	61291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing rail freight and unlocking the economic and environmental benefits which it can deliver, with industry estimating rail freight delivers economic benefits of around £2.45bn per year, including, cost savings to industry, environmental benefits and congestion relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to incentivise modal shift from road to rail through the Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) scheme, which financially supports the carriage of freight by rail and water on routes where road haulage has a financial advantage. The £20m scheme delivers high value for money and in 2021/22 removed around 900,000 HGVs off our congested road network, saving 58,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Funding for this scheme has been confirmed for a further 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/10/2022 16:02:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1518794

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of train drivers who are female.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport holds a broad range of information about the rail network and has ongoing discussions with train operating companies (TOCs) on a range of workforce matters, including train drivers and train driver training. As the employer, TOCs are responsible for the recruitment, training and licensing of train drivers. The Department is committed to ensuring that the transport workforce better reflects our diverse society. For rail, this has meant that Emergency Recovery Measure Agreements and subsequent National Rail Contracts include requirements for TOCs to develop diversity and inclusion strategies. This includes reviewing their recruitment practices and collection of diversity data to encourage and support the promotion of a more diverse pool of candidates across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 58889 58988 59005 question first answered 18/10/2022 09:42:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1518795

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Recruitment and Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support rail operators to help increase the number of train drivers being recruited and trained.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport holds a broad range of information about the rail network and has ongoing discussions with train operating companies (TOCs) on a range of workforce matters, including train drivers and train driver training. As the employer, TOCs are responsible for the recruitment, training and licensing of train drivers. The Department is committed to ensuring that the transport workforce better reflects our diverse society. For rail, this has meant that Emergency Recovery Measure Agreements and subsequent National Rail Contracts include requirements for TOCs to develop diversity and inclusion strategies. This includes reviewing their recruitment practices and collection of diversity data to encourage and support the promotion of a more diverse pool of candidates across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 58885 58988 59005 question first answered 18/10/2022 09:42:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1518886

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she had with rail operators on recruitment of train drivers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has ongoing discussions with train operating companies on a range of matters, including on recruitment of train drivers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 14:33:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1518887

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with rail operators on increasing the number of female train drivers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport holds a broad range of information about the rail network and has ongoing discussions with train operating companies (TOCs) on a range of workforce matters, including train drivers and train driver training. As the employer, TOCs are responsible for the recruitment, training and licensing of train drivers. The Department is committed to ensuring that the transport workforce better reflects our diverse society. For rail, this has meant that Emergency Recovery Measure Agreements and subsequent National Rail Contracts include requirements for TOCs to develop diversity and inclusion strategies. This includes reviewing their recruitment practices and collection of diversity data to encourage and support the promotion of a more diverse pool of candidates across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 58885 58889 59005 question first answered 18/10/2022 09:42:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1518888

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate has she made of the number of train drivers working on our rail network.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	59005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport holds a broad range of information about the rail network and has ongoing discussions with train operating companies (TOCs) on a range of workforce matters, including train drivers and train driver training. As the employer, TOCs are responsible for the recruitment, training and licensing of train drivers. The Department is committed to ensuring that the transport workforce better reflects our diverse society. For rail, this has meant that Emergency Recovery Measure Agreements and subsequent National Rail Contracts include requirements for TOCs to develop diversity and inclusion strategies. This includes reviewing their recruitment practices and collection of diversity data to encourage and support the promotion of a more diverse pool of candidates across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 58885 58889 58988 question first answered 18/10/2022 09:42:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1519747

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on ensuring all train stations have step-free access.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	60002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Access for All programme has delivered accessible routes at more than 200 stations, including Slough station. Around another 100 are due to be completed by 2024 and Johnstone, Hunt’s Cross and Eridge are among the stations recently completed. This is in addition to access improvements delivered when the industry installs, replaces or renews station infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/10/2022 11:06:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1504971

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Accidents
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 Network Rail regarding the provision of supporting evidence to the Office of Rail and Road setting out the steps taken in implementing safety recommendations following the train derailment at Stonehaven, near Carmont, during August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	47633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Shortly after the tragic train derailment near Stonehaven in August 2020, Network Rail commissioned Dame Julia Slingo and Lord Robert Mair to recommend improvements that would help better manage extreme rainfall risk. The reports, and Network Rail’s improvement programme plan to act on them, were shared with the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and Department for Transport (DfT).</p><p> </p><p>In February 2022, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and a specialist industry team made further recommendations following an investigation into the incident. This additional work has been incorporated within the improvement programme and ORR and DfT officials have received updates as the plan has developed.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail have maintained regular formal and informal dialogue with ORR and DfT to support their monitoring and keep them aware of the good progress that has been made. In addition, ORR and DfT representatives sit as observers on Network Rail’s programme oversight board.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/09/2022 10:55:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1504550

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the impact of the delay in publishing the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	45989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong>We need to ensure the rail projects we take forward reflect demand whilst remaining affordable.</p><p>It is important we are able to provide as much clarity and certainty as possible rather than potentially publish a misleading version. The Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) update will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/09/2022 15:04:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi