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418514

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department is making available to Transport for London for the purposes of meeting the cost of keeping the increase in the price of London rail fares at the Retail Prices Index in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	10083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>This will be considered as part of the wider spending review process that is currently underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/09/2015 11:21:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418330

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 overall cost to his Department of increasing the cost of regulated national rail fares in line with the retail price index between 2014 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 3 June to the Hon Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn), UIN 95</p><p>(<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=545&amp;uin=95" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=545&amp;uin=95</a>).</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>In addition I can confirm that we understand that passengers are concerned about the cost of rail fares. That is why we have capped regulated fare increases at RPI for the past two years and will continue to do so for the lifetime of this Parliament. This has resulted in wages rising faster than fares for the first time since 2002. We have also reduced the non-cumulative flex from 5 per cent introduced by Labour to 0 per cent in 2015. 　We will continue this policy for the lifetime of this Parliament.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Government will continue to place passengers at the heart of our rail policy alongside the record investment of £38.5 billion.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/09/2015 13:37:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418331

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the potential safety implications of reducing Network Rail's Control Period 5 maintenance and renewals delivery volumes.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail is responsible for planning and delivering maintenance and renewals volumes in order to ensure a safe, reliable and efficient railway. In doing so it is monitored by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the health and safety regulator for the railway, which in its latest Health and Safety Report (published 21 July 2015) highlighted that Britain’s railways are now the safest in Europe, but warned that the industry cannot become complacent. In June 2015, ORR, reviewing Network Rail’s plans for the remainder of 2015-16, noted to the Department for Transport that whilst the current safety performance of the network is good, Network Rail had not been successful in delivering all of its maintenance and renewals volumes so far in Control Period 5 (CP5). Network Rail is currently in the process of updating its Delivery Plan for CP5 and ORR will feed into that process its comments on the safety, sustainability and efficiency of the revised plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/09/2015 13:08:06 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418332

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what mechanisms he is permitted to reduce the Control Period 5 spending levels for the railway set by the Office of Rail and Road's Final Determination, published on 10 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The periodic review 2013 settlement set the outputs and the funding requirement for Control Period 5 that Network Rail is required to deliver to. The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for administering two of Network Rail’s sources of cash: the network grant for England and Wales, which is set in line with the funding requirements set by the periodic review settlement, and the loan agreement signed on 4 July 2014. The Government remains committed to providing the funds agreed and seeing Network Rail’s ambitious programme delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/09/2015 13:22:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418333

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
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 effect of the withdrawal of Balfour Beatty from the North West electrification programme on the delivery timetable for that project.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to the North West electrification programme as part of our ambitious plans for the North of England. A full transition plan is in place to ensure that delivery of North West Electrification continues at pace.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/09/2015 13:13:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418334

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Directly Operated Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212595, when he plans for his Department's review of the future activities of Directly Operated Railways to be concluded.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering the long term options for securing provision to discharge the Secretary of State’s duties under Section 30 of the Railways Act 1993.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the meantime the existing management team at Directly Operated Railways are fully engaged in supporting the Department on the Franchising Direct Awards Programme. The focus of their work is to ensure that the company is ready to step in as the Secretary of State’s operator of last resort should any of the remaining Direct Awards fail to reach a successful commercial conclusion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The company is also on standby to mobilise an operator of last resort company in the event that an existing rail franchise is terminated and is not immediately replaced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/09/2015 12:53:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418127

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the payment of salaries through (a) payroll companies and (b) personal service companies to staff who work on projects that are part-funded by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not pay its employees through payroll companies or personal services companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/09/2015 13:37:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418128

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Dame Colette Bowe has submitted a draft of her report on the planning of major projects to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Dame Colette has provided officials with initial draft advice to enable planning of the Department’s response to and implementation of her recommendations. The Secretary of State expects to receive Dame Colette’s final report shortly and as already stated it will be published in the Autumn. Upon publication I will ensure a copy is placed in both Libraries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/09/2015 14:21:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418129

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Business Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the publication by Network Rail of a CP5 Business Plan update in March 2015 was a regulated output of Control Period 5.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The network licence issued by ORR sets legally-binding conditions for the licence holder – Network Rail. Condition 1.10 states that:</p><p> </p><p>&quot;the licence holder shall prepare, provide to ORR and publish a delivery plan setting out what the licence holder proposes to do to comply with the general duty in condition 1.2.&quot;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Network Rail fulfilled this requirement when it published a Delivery Plan for Control Period 5 on 31 March 2014. The Business Plan is distinct from the Delivery Plan and its publication is not a network licence condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/09/2015 13:43:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418130

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the four-tracking of the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Kettering and Corby is contingent upon the recommendations of the Hendy Review.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	9751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Kettering to Corby which is part 4 and part 2 tracking is currently in full implementation. Bedford to Kettering, in common with all rail projects, is subject to the recommendations of the Hendy Review which is due to report to the Secretary of State for Transport in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/09/2015 14:08:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood