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1698452

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments (a) have been made and (b) he plans to make to Avanti West Coast under the terms of the service quality regime agreed with that company.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	20223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>To date, no fees have been paid to Avanti West Coast under the Service Quality Regime (SQR). This is because the first period to be assessed to determine the Performance Fee under SQR relates to the scores achieved between April and October 2023, and the evaluation process for this period is still underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/04/2024 13:50:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1698129

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Contracts
	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 implications for his policies of the decision of the Transport for the North Board to write to him requesting the end of the Avanti West Coast contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The challenges faced on the West Coast will remain regardless of the operator, including longstanding restrictive working practices which require the agreement of unions to amend. To place West Coast Partnership under the Operator of Last Resort would remove the opportunity to retain private sector expertise in both the West Coast as an operator and in the HS2 Shadow Operator function. A full response will be provided to the Transport for the North Board in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 28/03/2024 08:59:31 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1676909

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 204030 on Avanti West Coast: Contracts, what the (a) time constraints and (b) market conditions were that meant open competition for the contract was considered unviable.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	6211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>A competition for a contract of this nature can take 2 to 3 years once a contract and procurement process has been agreed.</p><p> </p><p>When emergency agreements ended there was significant market instability arising from the ongoing impacts of covid and industrial action, meaning a competitive tender was unlikely to deliver value for money. When options for West Coast Partnership’s latest contract were considered, these factors informed the decision to make a direct award rather than compete.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/12/2023 14:07:34 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1666882

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's News story of 19 September 2023 entitled Avanti West Coast awarded long-term contract after significant improvements for passengers, whether there was a (a) requirement to award and (b) formal tender process for that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	204030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>When considering its available options, the Department assessed these against the relevant criteria. Open competition was considered but was unviable due to time available and market conditions, and it would not have been possible to deliver a contract which represented value for money for the taxpayer. A direct award was considered the appropriate course of action. It is the Government’s intention to return to competition as soon as it is feasible to do so.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 26/10/2023 09:07:48 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1608513

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Contracts
	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 impact of renewing the contract with Avanti West Coast on operational performance on that line.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	176708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Avanti West Coast has put in place a recovery plan which has already seen positive results, with more trains running for passengers and fewer Avanti West Coast caused cancellations. Weekday services have risen from 180 to 264 trains per day, the highest level in over two years. Cancellation rates have fallen from around 25% to 4.2%, the lowest level in 12 months. In addition, over 100 additional drivers have been recruited to reduce reliance on union-controlled overtime working.</p><p>Avanti West Coast is expected to continue to adhere to the plan and drive further improvement following the decision to grant a short-term contract extension. Officials will continue to use all contractual levers to drive the best outcomes for passengers. Performance will be closely monitored ahead of any decision on the longer-term operation of the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/04/2023 10:09:18 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1608625

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment criteria his Department used when it decided to extend the Avanti West Coast contract for a further six months.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	176643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department objectively assessed whether the extension was appropriate against the relevant criteria set out in the Secretary of State’s public facing section 26 policy statement. In doing so the Department took into account Avanti West Coast's delivery against its agreed recovery plans in place with both the Department and the Office of Rail and Road, and the improvements in operational performance over recent months. Weekday services have risen from 180 to 264 trains per day, the highest level in over two years. Cancellation rates have fallen from around 25% to 4.2%, the lowest level in 12 months. In addition, over 100 additional drivers have been recruited to reduce reliance on union-controlled overtime working.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/04/2023 09:56:50 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders