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date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the service provided by Great Western Railway.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	21828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Secretary of State and I regularly meet with Network Rail and Great Western Railway to discuss performance. With NR related delays reaching 71 per cent in December 2023, I have made it clear to the CEO of NR that they must address infrastructure issues that contribute to a high proportion of disruption. NR launched its £140 million Thames Valley Recovery Plan, focusing on improving infrastructure reliability over the next 18 months. I met with NR and GWR in Swindon last week to review progress and whilst we are seeing small improvements, there is a lot more work to be done.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/04/2024 11:24:11 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1644354

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for (a) Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil and (b) other biofuels to decarbonise railways pending full electrification.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	189450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>In Decarbonising Transport: a Better, Greener Britain, the government committed to deliver a net zero rail network by 2050. Our ambition is to remove all diesel-only trains (passenger and freight) from the network by 2040. As we decarbonise the railway, we are working with GBRTT to bring forward costed options for government to carefully consider in terms of overall deliverability and affordability. This will involve working closely with operators and manufacturers on assessing and deploying the most appropriate traction technology. This includes electrification, alternate fuels (such as Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil), as well as hydrogen, battery or bi-mode and hybrid traction technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Carbon Fuel Strategy, which the Department intends to publish later this year, will set out possible scenarios for the deployment of low carbon fuels across all transport sectors out to 2050.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 189451 question first answered 19/06/2023 14:38:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1644355

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Biofuels
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 encourage the use of (a) Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil and (b) other biofuels on non-electrified parts of the railway network.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	189451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>In Decarbonising Transport: a Better, Greener Britain, the government committed to deliver a net zero rail network by 2050. Our ambition is to remove all diesel-only trains (passenger and freight) from the network by 2040. As we decarbonise the railway, we are working with GBRTT to bring forward costed options for government to carefully consider in terms of overall deliverability and affordability. This will involve working closely with operators and manufacturers on assessing and deploying the most appropriate traction technology. This includes electrification, alternate fuels (such as Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil), as well as hydrogen, battery or bi-mode and hybrid traction technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Carbon Fuel Strategy, which the Department intends to publish later this year, will set out possible scenarios for the deployment of low carbon fuels across all transport sectors out to 2050.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 189450 question first answered 19/06/2023 14:38:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones