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1565202

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on whether survey results on proposed passenger service reinstatement should be presented (a) on an overall basis for the entire area and (b) broken down according to subdivisions of the area through which the reinstated service would operate; and for what reason Network Rail is refusing to release the results of the survey which are specific to the Marchwood Ward of New Forest District Council.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
uin	119256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail undertook a public consultation during the summer of 2022 as part of its assessment of the case for reopening the Waterside line as part of the Restoring Your Railway initiative. I understand that publication of detailed responses for the Marchwood Ward could place Network Rail in breach of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 12/01/2023 16:12:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1564161

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Investment Income
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 20 Dec 2022 to Question 111701 on Train Operating Companies: Investment Income, if he will publish this information with companies' names redacted.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	117808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not intend to publish details of such payments to train operating companies with company names redacted, as ultimately values could still be attributed back to individual companies which would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 11/01/2023 15:38:12 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1564251

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
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 22 December 2022 to Question 111663, on Train Operating Companies, if he will list the dates Ministers in his Department have met with representatives from train operating companies in each month since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	117732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly hold meetings with representatives from the train operating companies.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 117733 question first answered 10/01/2023 14:39:34 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1564264

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
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 22 December 2022 to Question 111663 on Train Operating Companies, whether his Department has kept a record of meetings between Ministers and train operating companies that have taken place since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	117733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly hold meetings with representatives from the train operating companies.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 117732 question first answered 10/01/2023 14:39:34 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1564402

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue risk the Government has incurred from strike action by the transport unions since 1 January 2022; and what estimate he has made of the revenue risk the Government has incurred on the strike dates of (a) 24-27 December 2022, (b) 3-4 January 2023 and (c) 6-7 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	117784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>When the pandemic started Government put in place emergency agreements with operators to mitigate the financial impacts resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and ensure that rail services could continue to operate. These agreements transferred most financial risk to Government.</p><p> </p><p>Strikes can cause revenue losses up to £25 million on typical weekdays and £15 million on typical weekends, though losses depend on factors such as the nature of industrial action and unions involved.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 12/01/2023 09:22:18 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1563489

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freeport East
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 adequacy of existing rail infrastructure in supporting the Freeport East project.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	114797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the potential opportunities for the UK generated by Freeport East at the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich, as well as the value of rail access to ports, with schemes such as the partial doubling of the Felixstowe branch line completing in 2019. Freeport status will be considered in relation to transport upgrades in the region.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 09/01/2023 15:32:27 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1563491

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the East Midlands Trains National Rail contract.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	114799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of reviewing the documents to understand if any information is exempt under the FOI Act and should therefore be redacted prior to publishing. Once the Department has completed this process the East Midlands National Rail Contract will be published on the Government website, occurring no later than 5 April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 10/01/2023 09:21:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1563546

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) environmental merits of mandating the use of composite materials in railway sleepers.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	114690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department is aware of Network Rail’s ongoing work exploring the lifecycle costs and carbon implications of using composite materials for both sleepers and long-bearers, and Network Rail has begun to use these materials. The Department is not currently making a financial or environmental assessment of mandating the use of composite materials in railway sleepers at this time.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 10/01/2023 09:30:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1563547

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Annex Two to the paper entitled HS2 Phase 2b Western Leg: Crewe to Manchester: An Update on the Strategic Outline Business Case, published by his Department on 24 January 2022, whether the Indicative Train Service Specification has been superseded by an updated version.
tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
uin	114691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Annex Two to the paper entitled HS2 Phase 2b Western Leg: Crewe to Manchester: An Update on the Strategic Outline Business Case, published by this Department on 24 January 2022 provided two indicative train service specifications (iTSS) – a central scenario which assumed that the Golborne Link formed part of the scheme, and an alternative scenario in which the Golborne Link was not constructed. In June 2022, with the removal of the Golborne Link from the High-Speed (Crewe-Manchester) Bill, the alternative scenario as published in January 2022 became the central scenario. There have been no further changes to the iTSS beyond this. An updated iTSS for Northern Powerhouse Rail services will be incorporated in future.</p><p>No final decisions have been made on the train service that will run when HS2 becomes operational. These decisions will be taken nearer the time, drawing on advice from the West Coast Partnership and Network Rail, and will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 09/01/2023 15:25:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1563548

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which areas to the north of Birmingham on the West Coast Mainline will have increased (a) train paths and (b) platforms following the construction of phase two of HS2.
tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
uin	114692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>HS2 will provide high-speed inter-city services on dedicated lines that will free up train paths and platforms on the southern end of the West Coast Main Line, and generate much-needed additional network capacity. The indicative train service assumptions that underpinned the IRP and inform the HS2 and NPR business cases included HS2 services to several destinations on the north end of the West Coast Main Line.</p><p> </p><p>Platform capacity at Crewe will increase as a result of the arrival of HS2 services. There will be 16 platforms in the new station layout, an increase of 4. Some of these will be bay platforms which will remove the conflict of mainline services such as HS2 and regional services, possibly opening up further timetabling options. Works to platforms at Preston and Carlisle are also planned as part of HS2 Phase 2b Western Leg.</p><p> </p><p>No final decisions have been made on the train service that will run when HS2 becomes operational. These decisions will be taken nearer the time, drawing on advice from the West Coast Partnership and Network Rail, and will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 09/01/2023 15:26:33 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson