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1672221

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Altnabreac Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received representations on services at Altnabreac railway station from Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	3245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Altnabreac railway station is managed by ScotRail. As ScotRail is a devolved operator, the Department would expect any Network Rail representations regarding services here to be made to the Scottish Government’s transport agency, Transport Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 15:10:57 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1672261

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to help tackle car convoys making political protests that block roads.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department have regular meetings with colleagues in various departments about what the Government can do to make sure the travelling public are inconvenienced as little as possible, while ensuring the right to protest is maintained. Operational decisions in relation to any specific event are a matter for the Police working in conjunction with the relevant highway authorities.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 15:12:20 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1671754

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratios were for each (a) new station built and (b) reopened line in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	2962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). Therefore we do not routinely make BCRs available.</p><p>Details of Rail infrastructure and assets lists new stations opened in the financial year can be found here <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Finfrastructure-and-emissions%2Frail-infrastructure-and-assets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjAsUfVce8UAuSN596af8ARCFZ1UvLZ153I3aoAz5ys%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/</a> Not all of these were promoted by the Department.</p><p><em> Estimates of station usage</em> contains annual estimates of the number of entries/exits and interchanges at each station in Great Britain <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fusage%2Festimates-of-station-usage&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O71EofwTEHRPrRL4JLLDIn56g2lPS1%2FnNHHquWIE5f8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage</a></p><p>In practice it can take a number of years for long term demand patterns to emerge for new stations. The Department (and bodies who promote their own schemes) have a long standing and established appraisal framework to help scheme promoters forecast passenger demand of new stations and lines. We are continuing to monitor our framework and use evaluation to understand the impacts of schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 2963 2964 question first answered 27/11/2023 13:43:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1671755

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected passenger number were in the business case for each (a) new station and (b) reopened rail line in the last 10 years; and what the actual passenger numbers were in each case 12 months after they opened.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	2963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). Therefore we do not routinely make BCRs available.</p><p>Details of Rail infrastructure and assets lists new stations opened in the financial year can be found here <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Finfrastructure-and-emissions%2Frail-infrastructure-and-assets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjAsUfVce8UAuSN596af8ARCFZ1UvLZ153I3aoAz5ys%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/</a> Not all of these were promoted by the Department.</p><p><em> Estimates of station usage</em> contains annual estimates of the number of entries/exits and interchanges at each station in Great Britain <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fusage%2Festimates-of-station-usage&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O71EofwTEHRPrRL4JLLDIn56g2lPS1%2FnNHHquWIE5f8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage</a></p><p>In practice it can take a number of years for long term demand patterns to emerge for new stations. The Department (and bodies who promote their own schemes) have a long standing and established appraisal framework to help scheme promoters forecast passenger demand of new stations and lines. We are continuing to monitor our framework and use evaluation to understand the impacts of schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 2962 2964 question first answered 27/11/2023 13:43:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1671756

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cost Effectiveness
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 estimate of the actual benefit-cost ratio for each (a) new station built and (b) reopened line in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	2964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). Therefore we do not routinely make BCRs available.</p><p>Details of Rail infrastructure and assets lists new stations opened in the financial year can be found here <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Finfrastructure-and-emissions%2Frail-infrastructure-and-assets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjAsUfVce8UAuSN596af8ARCFZ1UvLZ153I3aoAz5ys%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/</a> Not all of these were promoted by the Department.</p><p><em> Estimates of station usage</em> contains annual estimates of the number of entries/exits and interchanges at each station in Great Britain <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fusage%2Festimates-of-station-usage&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O71EofwTEHRPrRL4JLLDIn56g2lPS1%2FnNHHquWIE5f8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage</a></p><p>In practice it can take a number of years for long term demand patterns to emerge for new stations. The Department (and bodies who promote their own schemes) have a long standing and established appraisal framework to help scheme promoters forecast passenger demand of new stations and lines. We are continuing to monitor our framework and use evaluation to understand the impacts of schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 2962 2963 question first answered 27/11/2023 13:43:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1671804

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Antisocial Behaviour and Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to work with rail service providers to help tackle (a) antisocial behaviour and (b) sexual assault on rail services in (i) England and (ii) Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	2795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Every rail operator that manages stations has an obligation to obtain and maintain Secure Stations Accreditation, assessed by the British Transport Police (BTP), for a number of their stations. The scheme requires operators to demonstrate that a station is designed and operated in a safe and secure way, considering issues such as lighting, CCTV and signage.</p><p> </p><p>Operators are also required to obtain and maintain accreditation to the Safeguarding on Rail Scheme, again assessed independently by the BTP. The scheme requires operators to demonstrate how they are actively supporting vulnerable people on their network.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is funding a pilot scheme in Essex where Thurrock Council, working with other local authorities and the BTP, will be using Transport Safety Officers to help tackle anti-social behaviour on and around the rail network.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also supports the Rail Delivery Group ‘Zero Tolerance’ campaign against sexual harassment on the railway. The campaign informs people of the action they can take to report sexual harassment if they witness it and thereby help to combat it. A dedicated CrimeStoppers line is in operation for all those who wish to report anonymously.</p><p> </p><p>The BTP will investigate every report of sexual harassment on the railway; incidents can be reported to BTP via text on 61016, via the Railway Guardian App, online, or in an emergency by dialling 999.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 15:09:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1671519

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts his Department agreed with (a) Angel Trains, (b) Porterbrook and (c) Eversholt Rail for the leasing of rolling stock as part of the National Rail Contracts agreed with (i) Avanti West Coast and (ii) Cross Country announced on 19 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department provided consent to Avanti West Coast to enter into leasing arrangements with Angel Trains Limited for the Class 390 units, and to Cross Country for the leasing of Class 170 from Porterbrook.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:49:53 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671520

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department provided for the Class 769 train development programme in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>No Government funding was provided. Porterbrook funded development of the Class 769 units, currently in use on Northern and previously in use on Great Western. Both operators entered into leasing arrangements with Porterbrook for these units.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:48:41 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671521

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Debts
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 debt held by Network Rail as of 20 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail discloses its net debt position annually as part of the overall company results and detailed financial reporting in its annual report and accounts. As reported in the Network Rail annual report and accounts for the financial year 22/23, Network Rail’s net debt was £59,058m.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:47:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1671522

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Innovation and Research
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 amount that was spent by Network Rail on (a) research and development and (b) rail innovation in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail has a dedicated research and development portfolio, to improve infrastructure efficiency and performance. In Control Period 6 (2018/19 to 2023/24), this was allocated £245m in funding.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail was also allocated a Performance Innovation Fund of £40m to support the testing and implementation of industry proposals to improve train punctuality over this Control Period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:51:19 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris