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1129671

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date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Trains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to include in the requirement for a buffet card on all Intercity Express trains in the next franchise contract for the Great Western franchise.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	260038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the response to its consultation on the future of the Great Western franchise on 28 August 2018: (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on policy on the specification of the next Great Western franchise are informed by this consultation, which did not show strong demand for a buffet car on all Intercity Express Trains.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 12:23:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1129673

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Trains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2019 to Question 253626 on Great Western Railway Line: Catering, whether the specification of the Great Western Intercity Express trains designed by his Department stated that a buffet café-bar car was not required.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	260039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Intercity Express Programme technical specification includes a requirement that the IEP Trains be capable of providing a range of catering services, from which specific catering services and combinations may be selected. The IEP train also has a flexible design that allows changes to the catering provision in response to future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 11:57:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1129674

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Trains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 16 May 2019 to Question 254217 on Great Western Railway Line: Catering, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of offering catering option H, a trolley service, on Great Western Railway Intercity Express trains.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	260040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department, in partnership with Great Western Railways (GWR), studied the costs and seating change options, provided by Hitachi Rail, for a buffet on the Intercity Express trains. It concluded, backed by GWR customer research, that the trolley service strikes the balance between ensuring catering is available whilst also maximizing the benefits of the full extra capacity that IETs provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 12:00:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1128895

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 of the cost of train fares on (a) the ability of low-income families to travel on trains and (b) environmental degradation.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	259412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We understand the concerns many people have about fares and the effect these can have on their budgets, which is why we have ensured that regulated rail fares could rise by no more than inflation for the last six years. In addition, at the start of this year the new Millennial railcard went on sale, allowing young people to save money on their travel. We have also set out plans for a brand new railcard extending half-price child rail fares to 16 and 17-year-olds, which will be launched shortly.</p><p>All decisions in relation to regulated rail fares are made in line with the Department’s appraisal framework webTAG, which considers the environmental impacts of changes in rail travel patterns.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 16:37:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1128897

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Safety
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 of proposed changes to the number of rail guards on trains on passenger safety.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	259414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Whilst decisions on staffing are for individual operators, the Government has been clear that it wants to see more staff on our railway not fewer. The Government is not aware of any plans by franchised operators to reduce the number of guards rostered on train services, and it welcomes the commitments made by Northern and South Western that a guard will continue to be rostered on every train after the introduction of Driver Controlled Operation (DCO).</p><p> </p><p>The ORR, the independent rail regulator, and the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) have found that DCO is safe. In addition, an RSSB report concluded that the introduction of DCO according to the standard safety management requirements that all rail companies routinely meet does not increase any other passenger safety risks and, furthermore, that cancelling a DCO train in the absence of its guard is more risky than running it with only its driver.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 16:34:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1128899

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Railway: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of speed restrictions have been lifted on services provided by South Western Railway.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	259415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The total number of speed restrictions imposed by Network Rail on its infrastructure is constantly changing. The total number of speed restrictions on the route has reduced by around 50% in the last six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 15:26:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1128900

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Railway: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train drivers were recruited by South Western Railway between (a) May 2018 and (b) May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	259416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>SWR have recruited 139 train drivers since May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 15:23:31 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1129099

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to deliver more (a) timely and (b) generous compensation for passengers whose rail journeys have been disrupted.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department requires operators of new franchises to provide automated Delay Repay compensation processes that make claiming swift and simple and is working with the rail industry and the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to deliver more automated claims processes across all DfT-let franchises.</p><p>Recent ORR research shows that 94.7% of passengers report that their compensation claims were resolved within the industry deadline of 20 working days. See <a href="https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/40838/delay-compensation-claims-factsheet-1819-Q3.pdf" target="_blank">https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/40838/delay-compensation-claims-factsheet-1819-Q3.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Delay Depay 30 is now available on all but one of the DfT franchises. Passengers on 50% of DfT-let franchises are now eligible for improved compensation schemes when their trains are delayed by 15 minutes or more (DR15). Due to the relatively large size of the franchises that now operate DR15, this means that 74% of journeys on DfT franchises now have DR15 available to them.</p><p> </p><p>For passengers with single and return tickets, Delay Repay is more generous than the systems in place on most other Western European railways and considerably more generous than the minimum standard of compensation that is set by EU Regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 16:31:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight