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48368

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 improve the performance of London Midland commuter trains.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	196279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not monitor train operator performances by service type (i.e. commuter trains only) under the Franchise Agreement; we monitor each operator's performance across their whole network against benchmarks under the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department monitors each train operator's overall performance against these benchmarks and there are clear actions set out in the Franchise Agreement should performance drop below what is expected. This regular monitoring includes monthly meetings with their senior management where performance figures are scrutinised and challenged.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At present London Midland are assessed as being within their contracted performance benchmarks as set out in the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2002 when Network Rail took control of Britain's Rail infrastructure, train performance was languishing at record low levels (78.6% of trains arriving on time nationally). Since then, it has risen to averaging around 90%. Network Rail has been tasked with ensuring that 92.5% of trains arrive on time nationally by 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are determined that improvements in infrastructure across the network, as evidenced by the £38 billion investment agreed with Network Rail for the next 5 years, will further improve the performance of all train operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

48369

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency meets the deadline of 1 November 2014 for enabling payment for vehicle tax discs by direct debit.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Ian Swales
uin	196296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has in place a dedicated project team which is working on the systems and other changes needed to deliver direct debits for vehicle excise duty. Progress is being monitored in line with departmental governance procedures.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

48370

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will include small and medium-sized enterprises in the procurement process for its contract to manage direct debit payments for vehicle tax discs.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Ian Swales
uin	196295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will deliver direct debits for vehicle excise duty in two phases. Initially, the DVLA will partly use its existing contract for IT service provision with elements being subcontracted via an open competition which will include small/medium enterprise interest.</p><p> </p><p>The full strategic solution will be pursued in an open competition which will start in 2015. This open competition will also invite interest from Government frameworks which support small/medium enterprise involvement.</p><p /> <p /><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

48372

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of funding per head of the population for transport in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	196230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent data available for regional expenditure is the Country and regional analysis for 2013, published by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table A.15 shows UK identifiable expenditure on services by function, country and region, per head, 2008-09 to 2012-13, of which: Transport</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The extract below gives identifiable expenditure per head for the West Midlands and England. Committed spend is not analysed at a lower level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is not the only public body responsible for transport and a large proportion of expenditure is covered by local government bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

48373

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	196217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department does not hold this information centrally and commissioning a stock take of stationery stock levels would represent a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48374

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will open discussions with his French counterpart to ensure crews on ferries operating between the UK and France are paid under British or French minimum wage regulations.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	196313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The issue was discussed at length at the recent maritime roundtable, at which industry including the maritime unions were present. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, working with this Department and HMRC, will review the application, guidance and enforcement of the national minimum wage towards seafarers, to ensure that employers are aware of their responsibilities and employees are aware of their rights. As part of this, we will consider a targeted enforcement programme for this sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

48375

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 prevalence of the practice of logbook lending.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	196314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made by the Department for Transport. The regulation of consumer credit, including the practice of logbook loans, is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

48377

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguard operations room staff have applied for posts in the restructured coastguard service.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	196407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As at 14 April 2014, of those Coastguards currently working in a Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, 86 have applied for both new posts in the new coastguard structure and voluntary redundancy, 140 have applied for voluntary redundancy only and 128 have applied for a new post in the new coastguard structure only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 196405 196406 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

48379

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguard operations room staff in Liverpool have left the service in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	196409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Since April 2012 eight Coastguards that worked in the operations room at Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre have left Her Majesty's Coastguard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

48380

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often and when each coastguard station has been under-staffed in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	196410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of occasions each Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed at below risk assessed levels over the last two years by month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty's Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name 196410 - MRCC Table + note.doc title Table showing MRCC staff below risk assessed level
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson