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917070

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date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Overcrowding
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 potential effects on passenger safety of overcrowding on trains.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	149653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>All franchises let by Department for Transport require the train operator to take reasonable steps to address crowding.</p><p> </p><p>Safe assessment and operation of services is a matter for individual rail operators’ safety management systems as certificated by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). We expect all franchised operators to discharge the Franchise Agreement in line with industry safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 149654 question first answered 12/06/2018 07:00:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

917072

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Overcrowding
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 merits for passenger safety of a maximum ratio of passengers to seats in trains.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	149654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>All franchises let by Department for Transport require the train operator to take reasonable steps to address crowding.</p><p> </p><p>Safe assessment and operation of services is a matter for individual rail operators’ safety management systems as certificated by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). We expect all franchised operators to discharge the Franchise Agreement in line with industry safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 149653 question first answered 12/06/2018 07:00:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi