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533631

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
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 potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on his Department's plans for electrification of the Midland Main Line.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	42177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Midland Main Line programme will deliver electrification of the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Kettering and Corby by 2019 and from Kettering to Nottingham and Sheffield via Derby by 2023. Following the vote taken by the British people for the UK to leave the European Union on 23 June their will must be respected and delivered. The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister. In the meantime, the Department continues working to deliver the Government agenda, including the above electrification programme.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2016 10:51:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

533632

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on which safety responsibilities Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd plans to be discharged by staff employed in the proposed role of on-board supervisor.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	42178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Transport safety is a key objective of the Government and the UK has one of the safest railways in Europe. Each operator is responsible for the safety of their staff, passengers and services. The Office of Rail and Road’s duty is to ensure that those responsible for keeping Britain's railways safe for passengers, and providing a safe place for staff to work, do so.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2016 10:54:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

533433

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Anglia 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 Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29384, for what reasons the announcement of the award of the next East Anglia rail franchise has been delayed; and when he plans to make that announcement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	42115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The successful bidder will help us realise our ambitious plans for East Anglia’s rail network. We have been clear that as a minimum they must provide a modern service with state of the art trains and also introduce at least two 90-minute services each way between London and Norwich. In addition they must invest heavily in improving stations.</p><p> </p><p>We advised an anticipated date for the award and continue to consider the bids. We will announce the new operator in due course.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/07/2016 15:40:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

528945

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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, if he will make it his policy that (a) plug sockets, (b) tables and (c) WiFi equipment should be installed in all standard class Thameslink Class 700 carriages.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	41259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>Contract variations have been proposed by my Department to introduce seat back tables and WiFi infrastructure throughout the new Class 700 Thameslink trains and officials are negotiating the details with the other contractual parties. My officials are also exploring with Siemens, the manufacturer of the new Class 700 Thameslink trains, the scope for increasing the number of plug sockets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/06/2016 15:12:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

528671

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has been informed on any occasion by the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise that an event of default has occurred or that such an event was likely to occur.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	41241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>We have not been informed by the operator on any occasion that an event of default has occurred or that such an event was likely to occur.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2016 09:40:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

528144

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 7 of the East Anglia franchise Invitation to Tender, published on 17 September 2015, what weighting his Department has ascribed to (a) social characteristics and (b) other factors used to determine the most economically advantageous tender for (i) that franchise and (ii) proposals for new rolling stock orders by bidders for that franchise.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	41049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>As you have indicated the winning bid will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender as set out in section 7 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT). This is determined through a combination of ‘price’ and weighted quality points awarded as part of the Department’s evaluation of initiatives proposed by a bidder to meet or exceed the Department’s requirements set out in each delivery plan at section 5 of the East Anglia ITT.</p><p> </p><p>It is in the delivery plans themselves that references to social characteristics are included. In the main they appear in the Stations, Customer Experience and Leadership delivery plans.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of Rolling Stock, as a minimum, the Department has required that bidders propose either new rolling stock or non-new build rolling stock. If non-new build rolling stock, passengers will perceive the overall design, internal ambience, condition and facilities, and the external condition, as being modern, comfortable and comparable to that of new or nearly new rolling stock.</p><p> </p><p>This link takes you to the full ITT should you require it: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/461470/east-anglia-invitation-to-tender.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/461470/east-anglia-invitation-to-tender.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2016 09:26:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

528157

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which reporting periods the performance of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise has (a) met and (b) exceeded its breach performance level for the (i) train operating company minute delay, (ii) cancellation and (iii) short-formation benchmark.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	41086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Since Rail Industry period 7 in financial year 2015/16 (ending mid October 2015), GTR have exceeded the breach level for the Cancellations benchmark. The Secretary of State issued GTR with a Remedial Plan Notice last year requiring them to set out in a Remedial Plan the measures they will take in order to improve their performance and included benchmarks against which GTR are measured for the duration of the Remedial Plan. GTR has not breached the remedial plan cancellations benchmark and are under the breach benchmark for train operating company minute delays and peak short formations.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2016 09:33:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

528158

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average lateness in minutes was in reporting period two of (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 of services on the (i) Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise, (ii) the Gatwick Express, (iii) Southern Mainline and Coast, (iv) Southern Metro and (v) Thameslink.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	41087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway do not report average lateness to the Department.</p><p>However, on 28 June, the Office of Rail and Road published statistics on ‘Network Rail Outputs and Indicators’ for 2015/16 Quarter 4 which include data on average lateness by region and train operator. The information can be found on their website: <a href="http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/statistical-releases" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/statistical-releases</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2016 09:37:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

525715

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has issued (a) an enforcement order, (b) a provisional enforcement order or a remedial plan notice against Govia Thameslink Railway.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	40837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>No enforcement order has been issued against Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). A remedial plan notice was issued in July 2015 and the Remedial Plan was agreed between the Department for Transport and GTR in February this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/06/2016 09:56:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

525716

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways and Railways: Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage ecological diversity along the alignments of motorways and railways.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	40838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Highways England published a Biodiversity Plan in June 2015 that sets out how the organisation will protect and enhance biodiversity on its estate which includes the 18,000 hectares associated with the motorway network. The Road Investment Strategy states that by 2020, Highways England must deliver no net loss of biodiversity.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/biodiversity-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/biodiversity-plan</a></p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is obliged to develop plans to protect and enhance the natural environment under the Rail Investment Strategy, which outlines the Department’s railway activity priorities from April 2014 to March 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/06/2016 10:00:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood