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date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following their decision to remove Southeastern’s railway franchise, what process was followed to ascertain the problems concerned; and what investigations they have conducted to ensure other rail franchises have not experienced similar financial irregularities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2022 answer text <p>An independent committee led by the chairs of Go-Ahead Group and Keolis appointed external lawyers and accountants to conduct an investigation. The Department had input into the scope of the investigation, which was developed on an iterative basis. In addition to taking account of the independent committee’s investigation, the Department raised questions of LSER and of key individuals at LSER, its owning groups and GTR - and also required the provision of documents and information. The Department has drawn its own conclusions from all these materials, in particular the contemporaneous underlying evidence and has set out its rationale for imposing a penalty in the publicly available penalty notice.</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned an external financial adviser to undertake a review into payments between the Department and a sample of TOCs, and those TOCs and their affiliates. This review is considering inter alia whether money has flowed correctly and whether those payments have been correctly accounted for. This work continues to progress.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/07/2022 10:25:27 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

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date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the specification they have issued for the South Eastern franchise ensures at least as many high speed trains from Maidstone West to London St Pancras as are provided during the current franchise; and what provisions will be included to ensure that the new operator provides a more reliable and punctual service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL15191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The franchise specification requires a minimum of two morning and evening peak high speed services, while today there are three. However, this is the minimum requirement of the Invitation to Tender, which bidders are incentivised to exceed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regarding a punctual and reliable service, the successful bidder will need to meet stringent contractual targets for operational performance in the life of the franchise. Where targets are not met, the franchisee will face financial penalties.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/04/2019 13:19:52 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson