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1141256

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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 distance is via rail to the relevant London terminal from each station outside London; and what the price per mile is of a peak time return ticket to London from each of those stations.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	281023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information, however fare information for specific destinations can be obtained from the Rail Delivery Group through the National Rail fares look up tool (www.nationalrail.co.uk).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 16:59:46 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1141355

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of services leaving each railway station were (a) cancelled or significantly late and (b) met the public performance measure in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	281069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>We recognise performance on the railway has been unsatisfactory, and passengers have not always received the level of service they expected. While performance has improved recently, the new Transport Secretary understands passengers need the certainty of reliable journeys, and is determined to work with industry to improve performance.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on passenger rail reliability and performance are published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).</p><p> </p><p>Cancellations and Significant Lateness (CaSL) measures the proportion of trains arriving at the final destination more than 30 minutes after the planned timetable or is cancelled either in full or in part.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Performance Measure (PPM) is defined as the percentage of trains arriving at the final destination within five minutes of the planned timetable for London and South East, Regional and Scotland operators, or within ten minutes for the Long Distance operators.</p><p> </p><p>Both PPM and CaSL measures reflect punctuality and reliability at the final destination, rather than at each station stop. For ease of reference, the national PPM and CaSL scores for the last 5 years are included in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1 – National PPM and CaSL, 2014-15 to 2018-19</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PPM</strong></p></td><td><p>89.7%</p></td><td><p>89.1%</p></td><td><p>87.7%</p></td><td><p>87.8%</p></td><td><p>86.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CaSL</strong></p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: ORR</em></p><p> </p><p>The latest PPM and CaSL statistics can be found on the ORR website at the below link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-and-freight-rail-performance/" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-and-freight-rail-performance/</a></p><p> </p><p>Since April 2019, the industry has adopted a new set of standard measures for measuring train performance including punctuality at each recorded station stop. The latest statistics are available from the below link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-and-freight-rail-performance/train-punctuality-at-recorded-station-stops-by-toc-table-365/" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-and-freight-rail-performance/train-punctuality-at-recorded-station-stops-by-toc-table-365/</a></p><p> </p><p>Further performance statistics for specific stations are held by Network Rail. We advise you contact them directly for further information.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 16:58:40 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140935

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which were the 100 scheduled rail journeys which were most frequently (a) cancelled or (b) significantly late over the last six month period for which data are available; and what proportion of each were (i) cancelled or (ii) significantly late.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>We recognise performance on the railway has been unsatisfactory, and passengers have not always received the level of service they expected. While performance has improved recently, the new Transport Secretary understands passengers need the certainty of reliable journeys, and is determined to work with industry to improve performance.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the data requested, as it is owned by Network Rail. We advise you contact them directly for further information or refer to their websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/08/2019 15:35:39 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140939

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Market Harborough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of trains were (a) cancelled or significantly late and (b) on time in each year since 1996 from Market Harborough to London Terminals.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>We recognise performance on the railway has been unsatisfactory, and passengers have not always received the level of service they expected. While performance has improved recently, the new Transport Secretary understands passengers need the certainty of reliable journeys, and is determined to work with industry to improve performance.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the data requested, as it is owned by Network Rail. We advise you contact them directly for further information or refer to their websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/08/2019 15:38:39 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137585

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries
	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 number of ECMT permits (a) required by UK haulier operations and (b) that will be made available in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	274651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it does not intend to rely on ECMT permits after we leave the EU. The EU has agreed a regulation on basic road connectivity which guarantees rights for UK hauliers to continue providing services between the UK and the EU should the UK leave without a deal. As it stands, the Regulation would come into effect if the UK left the EU without a deal and would last until 31 December 2019.</p><p>Going forward, we will be working with Member States to agree on bilateral arrangements. Many old bilateral agreements would become reinstated if we leave without a deal and we are confident that other bilaterals will be agreed swiftly, given it is in the interest of both sides for freight to continue to flow.</p><p>The UK’s allocation of ECMT permits for 2020 is a base quota of 174 which is equivalent to 2,088 annual Euro VI ECMT permits.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 11/07/2019 14:53:52 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137584

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries
	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 number of commercial vehicle operators that will require European Conference of Ministers of Transport permits to transport goods to the (a) EU and (b) EEA countries in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and how many operators have applied for those permits in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	274650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the EU has agreed a regulation on basic road connectivity that guarantees rights for UK hauliers to continue providing services between the UK and the EU. As it stands, the Regulation would come into effect were the UK to leave the EU without a deal, and would last until 31 December 2019 meaning that most haulage trips to EU or EEA countries will not be affected.</p><p>A small proportion of operators may require ECMT permits for transit to non-EU/EEA countries during November and December 2019. . However, the Government does not intend to rely on ECMT permits after we leave the EU as we would be working with Member States to agree bilateral arrangements. Many old bilateral agreements would become reinstated if we leave without a deal, and we are confident that other bilaterals will be agreed swiftly, given it is in the interest of both sides for freight to continue to flow.</p><p>2,143 UK goods vehicle operator’s licence holders applied for a total of 11,974 European Conference of Ministers of Transport annual permits in the last twelve months.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 11:44:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137589

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people applied for an international driving licence in each month in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	274654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Monthly information on the number of international driving permits is only available from February 2019 and is shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>IDPs issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>65,923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>282,398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>163,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>43,555</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>28,570</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prior to February 2019, the AA, RAC and the Post Office issued IDPs. Collectively they issued around 100,000 IDPs annually.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 11:38:58 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137590

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of UK driving licence holders have an international driving licence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	274655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Between 1 February 2019 and 30 June 2019, the Post Office issued 583,720 IDPs on behalf of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. This represents 1.12% of the 48 million GB driving licence holders. Prior to February 2019, the AA, RAC and the Post Office issued IDPs. Collectively they issued around 100,000 IDPs annually, and some of these would still be valid.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 11:30:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien