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1608292

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Access for All programme; whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating that programme.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	175605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to support and fund the Access for All programme. Since its inception in 2006, the programme has installed around £900m worth of accessible, step free routes at over 200 stations plus a range of smaller scale access improvements at around 1500 stations, across Britain. We are currently assessing over 300 station nominations in anticipation of a further round of funding beyond 2024.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 30/03/2023 14:07:30 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1582783

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Disability
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 proportion of passengers requiring assistance pre-notified to airports by airlines and travel agents.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	137852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government works closely with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, who are responsible for enforcing consumer laws, including Regulation 1107/2006 (as retained in UK law). This sets out the requirements for capturing and sharing information on assistance requests.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA collect annual data on airport accessibility services, including pre-notification by airports and airlines, and will take enforcement action against individual carriers as required.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA recently published an interim report on the performance of airports against its accessibility framework. The report highlighted airports requiring further improvement, and airports performing well.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA will continue to monitor and work with airports to implement improvements and publish its usual annual report later this year. In addition, it will soon publish a consultation on airline accessibility which will include guidance on airlines’ obligations regarding pre-notification, amongst other requirements, and seek to assess airlines against publicly available criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 137853 question first answered 06/02/2023 14:58:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1582785

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve (a) the timeliness of notification to airports by airlines and travel agents of passengers requiring assistance and (b) accessibility at airports.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	137853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government works closely with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, who are responsible for enforcing consumer laws, including Regulation 1107/2006 (as retained in UK law). This sets out the requirements for capturing and sharing information on assistance requests.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA collect annual data on airport accessibility services, including pre-notification by airports and airlines, and will take enforcement action against individual carriers as required.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA recently published an interim report on the performance of airports against its accessibility framework. The report highlighted airports requiring further improvement, and airports performing well.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA will continue to monitor and work with airports to implement improvements and publish its usual annual report later this year. In addition, it will soon publish a consultation on airline accessibility which will include guidance on airlines’ obligations regarding pre-notification, amongst other requirements, and seek to assess airlines against publicly available criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 137852 question first answered 06/02/2023 14:58:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1543352

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
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 estimate of (a) passenger numbers during (i) peak and (ii) off-peak hours on Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) services in London and (b) fare revenue collected by GTR for those services in the most recent period for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	89878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>For the most recent rail period, the number of weekday journeys on GTR totalled 76 per cent of pre pandemic levels whilst weekend journeys were 86 per cent. Peak travel has recovered much more slowly than off peak. Overall revenue for GTR reached 76 per cent compared to 2019 levels.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/11/2022 14:15:29 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1543353

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to model the impact of service reductions from GTR; and what modelling his Department has received from GTR on the planned service reductions.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	89879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>GTR have been working at pace to respond to changing passenger travel patterns since the pandemic. Their train service is regularly reviewed to ensure it provides sufficient capacity to meet passenger demand whilst delivering good value for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/11/2022 11:48:48 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1543354

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has she made of the savings to the public purse caused by reduction in GTR services in London coach numbers and frequency made in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	89880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The changes that Govia Thameslink Railway implemented in 2022 increased the number of services that ran. Therefore there were no associated cost savings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/11/2022 15:52:56 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1520807

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern: Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date in 2021 her Department approved the payment of a £30,000,000 dividend by London and Southeastern Railways Ltd under the terms of its Emergency Measures Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	61230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>London and South Eastern Railway Limited (LSER) were within the contractual financial ratios and the Department was not required to give approval to allow it to make the dividend payment.</p><p> </p><p>The dividend payment was therefore a matter for LSER and its owning group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/10/2022 09:54:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1518960

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 14 September 2022 to Question 45030 on Railways: Greater London, what recent discussions her Department has had with Govia Thameslink on reductions in service.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	59080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department meets regularly with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and will continue to carefully monitor implementation of GTR’s recent and future timetable alterations as well as changes in demand to identify where further interventions in service level provision may be required.</p><p> </p><p>GTR are making evidence-based timetable interventions to better optimise service levels to balance capacity and demand.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:56:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1519287

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 14 September 2022 to Question 45030 on Railways: Greater London, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the potential impact of reductions in rail (a) services and (b) capacity on the use of private vehicles in London.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	59925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We are not monitoring the impact of changes in rail services on car usage, however, we are focussed on ensuring Govia Thameslink Railway are making evidence-based timetable interventions to better optimise service levels to balance capacity and demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:13:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1503372

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of a proposed reduction in rail service frequency and carriage numbers in London, whether his Department has undertaken modelling of potential modal changes from rail towards (a) private cars and (b) other forms of public transport in (i) London and (ii) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	45030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway is making evidence-based timetable interventions agreed in the 22/23 business plan process that better optimises service levels to balance capacity and demand. The Department will continue to monitor implementation and changes in demand carefully to identify where further interventions may be required in the future.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/09/2022 09:45:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes