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date	13/10/2022
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, with reference to the West Coast Partnership Emergency Recovery Measures agreement, published September 2020, Part 1, Schedule 6.2(A), Clause 10.2(b), how many train drivers were needed to be recruited to deliver the planned passenger services, and how many of those drivers have been recruited to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	62893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>To date, Avanti West Coast has recruited 105 drivers.</p><p>Extended and unprecedented reductions in train services, alongside training restrictions imposed just months after the start of the Franchise, have made accurate driver requirement projections challenging.</p><p>AWC are on course to introduce 100 additional drivers into formal service this year in support of its recovery plan which will see services significantly increase by December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:21:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1521636

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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, with reference to Part 1, Schedule 6.2(A), Clause 10 of the West Coast Partnership Franchise Agreement, how many train drivers have been recruited from the beginning of the franchise to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	62894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>To date, Avanti West Coast has recruited 105 drivers.</p><p>Extended and unprecedented reductions in train services, alongside training restrictions imposed just months after the start of the Franchise, have made accurate driver requirement projections challenging.</p><p>AWC are on course to introduce 100 additional drivers into formal service this year in support of its recovery plan which will see services significantly increase by December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:24:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1504174

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	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, when the decision on the future of the West Coast Partnership due for expiry on 16 October 2022 will be made.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	45918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>As with all contract awards, the Government will consider all options for when Avanti West Coast’s contract expires on 16 October.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/09/2022 10:32:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh