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1663817

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking to steps to help reduce the potential impacts of timetable changes by rail operators on passenger rail travel.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	201670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>As the pandemic has changed travel habits, train operators are using this opportunity to reassess their services to provide rail timetables that respond to new passenger travel patterns, are fit for the future, and carefully balance cost, capacity and performance.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with train operators as they continue to prepare for future timetable changes, to ensure their service offer provides capacity where it is most needed, whilst maintaining performance and protecting the public purse.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/10/2023 14:24:47 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1641377

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
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 implications for his policies of the decision by the Office of Rail and Road to change timetable publishing periods from 12 to eight weeks.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	187374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail is seeking to reduce the time it takes to produce rail timetables to improve the industry's ability to respond more quickly to changes in demand patterns. This would mean that final timetables are published eight weeks in advance rather than 12 weeks as they are currently required to do.</p><p> </p><p>Plans for this change have not been finalised and are a decision for the rail industry. The plans would require a change to the Network Licence Conditions for Network Rail. In response to Network Rail’s proposal, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), as the regulator, launched a formal public consultation seeking to take public views into account when making its decision about the licence change. The consultation ended on 25 May 2023 and the ORR are currently assessing stakeholders’ views before re-engaging with the industry on the matter.</p><p> </p><p>In anticipation of this change taking place, Network Rail has been working with operators to develop systems that would enable provisional timetables to be published earlier to facilitate advance ticket booking - a measure I firmly support. The Department expects the rail industry to ensure that passengers are at the heart of decision making and that any new processes protect and enhance the customer experience.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 12/06/2023 11:06:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1626832

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government for what reasons Network Rail is proposing to reduce the timetable publication requirement from 12 to 8 weeks; and what assessment they have made of the impact of this change on passengers booking advance tickets and event organisers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL7753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail is seeking to reduce the time it takes to produce rail timetables to improve the industry's ability to respond more quickly to changes in demand patterns. This would mean that final timetables are published 8 weeks in advance rather than 12 weeks as they are currently required to do. Network Rail has been working with operators to develop systems that would enable provisional timetables to be published earlier to facilitate advance ticket booking.</p><p> </p><p>Plans for this change have not been finalised. The plans would require a change to the Network Licence Conditions for Network Rail. As the regulator, the Office of Rail and Road will be undertaking a formal public consultation which will enable it to take public views into account when making its decision about the licence change.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/05/2023 11:38:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1568496

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
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 potential effect of the new train timetable on the reliability of rail services.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	903148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The December 2022 timetable was designed to improve performance through some of the busiest parts of the network, including Manchester, Birmingham and the south east. Since it was introduced, the network has faced considerable challenges, with poor weather (snow, ice, wind, heavy rain), sustained industrial action and a wide-ranging programme of engineering works. The full impact of the timetable on service performance will only become clearer when network disruption stabilises, towards the end of January.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/01/2023 16:38:04 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1568497

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
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 potential effect of the new train timetable on the reliability of rail services.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	903150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The December 2022 timetable was designed to improve performance through some of the busiest parts of the network, including Manchester, Birmingham and the south east. Since it was introduced, the network has faced considerable challenges, with poor weather (snow, ice, wind, heavy rain), sustained industrial action and a wide-ranging programme of engineering works. The full impact of the timetable on service performance will only become clearer when network disruption stabilises, towards the end of January.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/01/2023 16:38:35 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1566742

registered interest
date	13/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
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 new train timetable on reliability of rail operators.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	122437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The December 2022 timetable was designed to improve performance, particularly through some of the busiest parts of the network.</p><p> </p><p>Since it was introduced, the network has faced considerable challenges, with poor weather (snow, ice, wind and heavy rain), sustained industrial action and a wide-ranging programme of engineering works. The full impact of the timetable on service performance will only become clearer when network disruption stabilises, towards the end of January.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/01/2023 12:49:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1542787

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 7 November 2022 of Question 80959 on train timetable changes, how many rail operators requested derogations from the requirement to consult on train timetable changes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	89067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Operators have been working at pace to respond to changing passenger travel patterns since the pandemic, as it is crucial that the industry stays alert to fluctuations in demand and responds accordingly. While demand patterns remain unstable and operators need to remain agile in responding to changes, it is not possible to offer meaningful consultations.</p><p> </p><p>Where operators do not have sufficient certainty, they may request a derogation from the requirement to consult. One operator requested a formal derogation from the requirement to consult and was granted it.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 89068 89069 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:45:19 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman previous answer version 36030 answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1542788

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 7 November 2022 of Question 80959 on train timetable changes, how many rail operators were granted derogations from the requirement to consult on train timetable changes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	89068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Operators have been working at pace to respond to changing passenger travel patterns since the pandemic, as it is crucial that the industry stays alert to fluctuations in demand and responds accordingly. While demand patterns remain unstable and operators need to remain agile in responding to changes, it is not possible to offer meaningful consultations.</p><p> </p><p>Where operators do not have sufficient certainty, they may request a derogation from the requirement to consult. One operator requested a formal derogation from the requirement to consult and was granted it.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 89067 89069 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:45:19 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman previous answer version 36032 answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1542789

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 7th November 2022 of Question 80959 on train timetable changes, for what reasons his Department grants a derogation from the requirement to consult on train timetable changes.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	89069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Operators have been working at pace to respond to changing passenger travel patterns since the pandemic, as it is crucial that the industry stays alert to fluctuations in demand and responds accordingly. While demand patterns remain unstable and operators need to remain agile in responding to changes, it is not possible to offer meaningful consultations.</p><p> </p><p>Where operators do not have sufficient certainty, they may request a derogation from the requirement to consult. One operator requested a formal derogation from the requirement to consult and was granted it.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 89067 89068 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:45:19 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman previous answer version 36026 answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1540562

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
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 3 November 2022 to Question 74777, how many weekly train services (a) will run in the December 2022 (b) are run in the current and (c) were run in the December 2019 rail timetable.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	82239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The number of trains that are planned to operate varies slightly from day to day for a variety of reasons, including planned and unplanned engineering works. The Department does not record the total number of trains planned to run each day. Overall, the planned timetable change in December 2022 will maintain services at similar levels to today, while improving punctuality and reliability for passengers in many areas. Service levels remain around ten percent lower than in 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/11/2022 11:54:57 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns