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819848

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department received the options paper on the development of potential infrastructure options for the Transpennine route upgrade.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	121920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department received a report from Network Rail outlining a series of options for upgrading the Transpennine Route in December. The Department is committed to taking this programme forward to the next development stage and is working together with local stakeholders on this.</p><p> </p><p>A range of options were assessed by Network Rail in the development of their report to deliver increased line speeds and capacity. The report does not make any recommendations; rather it provides a series of potential interventions that deliver a range of outputs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 121921 121922 question first answered 17/01/2018 13:00:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 34297 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

819849

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what options were assessed in the options paper for the development of potential infrastructure options for the Transpennine route upgrade.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	121921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department received a report from Network Rail outlining a series of options for upgrading the Transpennine Route in December. The Department is committed to taking this programme forward to the next development stage and is working together with local stakeholders on this.</p><p> </p><p>A range of options were assessed by Network Rail in the development of their report to deliver increased line speeds and capacity. The report does not make any recommendations; rather it provides a series of potential interventions that deliver a range of outputs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 121920 121922 question first answered 17/01/2018 13:00:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 34299 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

819850

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what options were recommended in the options paper for the development of potential infrastructure for the Transpennine route upgrade.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	121922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department received a report from Network Rail outlining a series of options for upgrading the Transpennine Route in December. The Department is committed to taking this programme forward to the next development stage and is working together with local stakeholders on this.</p><p> </p><p>A range of options were assessed by Network Rail in the development of their report to deliver increased line speeds and capacity. The report does not make any recommendations; rather it provides a series of potential interventions that deliver a range of outputs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 121920 121921 question first answered 17/01/2018 13:00:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 34304 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

819018

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for his Department's consultation on the future of community transport connections, and the effect of new EU regulations on that transport.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	121695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will be consulting on the issue and use of section 19 and section 22 permits under the Transport Act 1985 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2018 15:11:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

819029

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the DVLA’s current cost recovery model for fees levied to access driver records by private parking operators.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	121706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency keeps the cost recovery model for the fees levied for data release to private parking companies under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2018 15:14:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

819062

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Midlands Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the conditions of the new West Midlands franchise require a second member of staff to be retained on every train.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	121739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not specified any particular staffing arrangement as train operating methods are a matter for the new franchise operator. However, with more passengers using our railways than ever before, I expect to see more staff on the network, not fewer.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/01/2018 14:09:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

819084

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel
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 percentage change in real terms of the average cost to the individual of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 1980, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	121761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes statistics on travel costs, based on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in the Transport Statistics Great Britain compendium, table 1308.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Real terms change in cost of transport</strong></p></td><td><p>Motoring, including the purchase of a vehicle</p></td><td><p>Bus and coach fares</p></td><td><p>Rail fares</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(1) Between 1980 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td><td><p>+64%</p></td><td><p>+63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(2) Between 1997 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-16%</p></td><td><p>+33%</p></td><td><p>+23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(3) Between 2010 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-10%</p></td><td><p>+7%</p></td><td><p>+5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(4) Between 2015 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-0.3%</p></td><td><p>+2%</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(d) The costs of travelling by air are not available from ONS data. However estimates are available based on fare data from the Civil Aviation Authority passenger survey from 2000. The real cost of the average UK one-way air fare, including taxes and charges, covering domestic flights from 2010 to 2016 decreased by an estimated 21%. From 2015 to 2016 the real cost decreased by an estimated 6%.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2018 15:17:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

819088

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Commuters: West Midlands
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 the number of people who travel to work by (a) car, (b) bus and (c) rail in (I) the West Midlands and (ii) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of people who usually travelled to work by car, bus and rail in the West Midlands and Coventry in 2016 are given in the table below (based on the Labour Force Survey). The rail figure for Coventry cannot be estimated reliably due to insufficient sample size.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Car</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bus<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rail<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>2,124,000</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td><td><p>87,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Coventry</strong></p></td><td><p>122,000</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 Also includes coaches.</p><p>2 Includes national rail, underground, light railway systems and trams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2018 12:25:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

819089

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road safety in (a) the West Midlands (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The British Road Safety Statement sets out the Government’s commitment to improve road safety and reduce the number of people killed or injured on the roads every year.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the Department allocated £31.383 million to the West Midlands through the Integrated Transport Block for capital investment in small transport improvement projects, including road safety. £17.618 million of that is going to the West Midlands Combined Authority, of which Coventry is a member.</p><p> </p><p>For maintenance of the local road network in 2017/18 the Department has allocated £95.523 million to the West Midlands, with £15.879 million of that going to the West Midlands Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each authority to decide how it allocates its resources and which transport improvement projects to support.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2018 12:11:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

819096

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Competition and Markets Authority's document on Competition in passenger rail services in Great Britain published in March 2016, what steps his Department has taken to increase the number of open access rail services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	121773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State for Transport set out in his November 2017 document <em>A Strategic Vision for Rail</em>, the use of the Department’s franchising powers through competitive public procurement will continue to be our central policy for train service operations, reflecting the significant benefits it has brought for passengers.</p><p> </p><p>However, whilst it is for individual operators to consider potential applications, we have made clear that we welcome new open access applications where these do not significantly impact on affordability or the value for money from public investment in the rail network, and where they complement franchised services. Ultimately these applications are for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to determine and government has no contractual relationship with open access operators.</p><p> </p><p>As the Competition and Markets Authority made clear, a pre-condition for greater open access under their preferred Option 1 is that open access makes an appropriate contribution towards the costs of the railway. We are taking forward consideration of this option, both through working with the ORR on charging reform and the public service obligation (PSO) levy. We are therefore pleased that the ORR is taking forward reforms to the track access charging framework as part of its Periodic Review 2018 process.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering the responses to the public service obligation levy consultation, and will continue discussions with the ORR on potential links between charging reform and the PSO proposals. We intend to publish our response shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/01/2018 14:02:03 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas