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732491

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Bus Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to restrict the use of bus replacement services for rail journeys only in the event of engineering works on rail lines.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	1018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The use of rail replacement buses is always regrettable when the passenger rightly expects a train to complete his or her journey. However, restricting the use of buses to planned engineering works only will deprive many people of transport when serious incidents occur, for example when the railway is closed to deal with the aftermath of an fatality or other operating incident. The Department will continue to work with the industry to limit the use of bus replacements services and therefore the impact on passengers. However, in a complex and growing network buses may offer the best solution to retain a consistent, reliable service for passengers in certain circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 29/06/2017 10:03:34 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

732700

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	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 annual total fare income from High-Speed 2 services as part of the West Coast Partnership franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	1022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The West Coast Partnership will be tasked with optimising the post-HS2 commencement service offer, utilising the total capacity available on the High Speed and intercity conventional services. This is something they will undertake during the early years of the franchise in preparation for the HS2 service launch in 2026.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 29/06/2017 07:36:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

732715

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southern: Standards
	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 implement the recommendations of the Gibb report, published in December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	1112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Chris Gibb’s independent report into Southern Rail makes a number of recommendations for the network that we are already working with industry to deliver.</p><p>In early January we committed an extra £300 million to improve infrastructure resilience, and we have established a new board to tackle issues ahead of the huge upgrades Thameslink will bring in 2018. However Chris Gibb found the main cause of widespread disruption for passengers was union action and unusually high levels of sick leave.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 29/06/2017 07:52:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

731323

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southern: Standards
	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 24 April 2017 to Question 71377, on Southern: standards, on what date the Government plans to publish the report by Chris Gibb on performance of the Southern rail franchise; for what reasons the Government did not publish that report before the General Election; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Chris Gibb report was published by the Department for Transport on 22 June 2017. The report is now available on the GOV.UK website along with the Secretary of State’s response. Please see links provided: GOV.UK website link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report</a></p><p> </p><p>SoS response link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>As soon as we received the report, the Department assessed Chris Gibb’s technical recommendations against work or commitments that were already planned or underway. In early January we committed an extra £300m funding for Network Rail to boost the resilience of the infrastructure along the Brighton mainline and associated routes. The report could not be published during the pre-election period and we have published the report as soon as possible following the general election.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/06/2017 14:17:11 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

731234

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to Transport for London's Strategic Outline Business Case for Crossrail 2.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>As with all transport scheme proposals a thorough analysis is being carried out by my department to ensure it is a robust scheme. This includes examining whether the National Infrastructure Commission’s detailed recommendations on the scheme have been taken into account. The next steps and timescales, including when the next stage of public consultation will take place, will therefore be decided as part of this analysis.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 205 206 question first answered 28/06/2017 13:41:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

731180

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the next stage of public consultation for Crossrail 2 is planned to take place.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>As with all transport scheme proposals a thorough analysis is being carried out by my department to ensure it is a robust scheme. This includes examining whether the National Infrastructure Commission’s detailed recommendations on the scheme have been taken into account. The next steps and timescales, including when the next stage of public consultation will take place, will therefore be decided as part of this analysis.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 204 206 question first answered 28/06/2017 13:41:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

731181

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's plans are for implementing Crossrail 2.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>As with all transport scheme proposals a thorough analysis is being carried out by my department to ensure it is a robust scheme. This includes examining whether the National Infrastructure Commission’s detailed recommendations on the scheme have been taken into account. The next steps and timescales, including when the next stage of public consultation will take place, will therefore be decided as part of this analysis.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 204 205 question first answered 28/06/2017 13:41:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

731310

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southern: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the report by Chris Gibb on the Southern rail franchise and the Government's response to that report.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Chris Gibb report was published by the Department for Transport on 22 June 2017. The report is now available on the GOV.UK website along with the Secretary of State’s response.</p><p> </p><p>Please see links provided:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report</a></p><p>SoS response link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 26/06/2017 14:58:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

731525

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total external costs of advisers and other bought-in items was to his Department for franchise specification and procurement for each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Prior to the re-launch of the Franchising Programme in spring 2013, the costs of different franchising projects were not individually recorded. Figures from April 2013 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£M)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>9.461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8.544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>14.620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12.652</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include adviser costs (financial, technical and legal advisers) and VAT where applicable.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of procuring the current Intercity East Coast franchise (awarded 2015) were not charged to the public purse and are not included in the above figures (these costs were covered by the Performance Bond that National Express put forward following its default of the previous East Coast contract).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note that the sums invested in each re-franchising project are dwarfed by the (Resource) Support for Passenger Rail Services benefits to the Department from the re-franchising.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 26/06/2017 15:31:46 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

731614

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's internal staffing and administration costs were for franchise specification and procurement in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Prior to the re-launch of the Franchising Programme in spring 2013, these costs were not broken down to individual team level. Figures from April 2013 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Costs (£M)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>4.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>4.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This represents the staff costs of those in franchise project teams (including Contingent Labour where utilised), and administrative overheads where apportioned to these teams.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of procuring the current Intercity East Coast franchise (awarded 2015) were not charged to the public purse and are not included in the above figures (these costs were covered by the Performance Bond that National Express put forward following its default of the previous East Coast contract).</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 26/06/2017 15:36:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald