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1686248

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
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 with railway providers to help improve train timeliness.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	12365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>I have been clear that the current, sustained poor performance on the railway is unacceptable, and industry needs to make significant improvements to deliver the punctual, reliable services that passengers and taxpayers deserve.</p><p>Through the Department’s National Rail Contracts, there is a direct link between punctuality and reliability and the fee operators receive to incentivise improved performance.</p><p>My officials and I monitor the situation closely and hold industry to account – I review performance on a weekly basis and hold regular high-level meetings with both Network Rail and representatives from the train operators.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 12370 question first answered 07/02/2024 17:05:03 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1685230

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the consultation by the Great British Railways Transition Team entitled Whole Industry Strategic Plan, published on 9 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	11600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Great British Railways Transition Team have factored the consultation and the responses received into their ongoing work on the Long Term Strategy for Rail (formerly known as the Whole Industry Strategic Plan). Alongside this, they are ensuring wider policy announcements, such as Network North, are fully considered.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 05/02/2024 14:32:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1684558

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of services p-coded by each train operating company in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	11191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 17 February 2023, the Office of Rail and Road has published figures for all train operating companies' late notice pre-cancellations &quot;P-code&quot; for resource availability (train crew and rolling stock) on a periodic basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 29/01/2024 17:36:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1670737

registered interest
date	17/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to collate data on the number and proportion of train journeys that did not stop at a scheduled station due to late running in each train company in each year.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	2435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to collate this data. The Office of Rail and Road, as independent regulator to the rail industry, records and publishes a range of information relating to the punctuality and reliability of rail services, including this dataset relating to cancellations: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fperformance%2Fpassenger-rail-performance%2Ftable-3124-trains-planned-and-cancellations-by-operator-and-cause-periodic%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPaul.Cox%40dft.gov.uk%7C4677014cdbf040560bb708dbe9e237d8%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638360930021313081%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=v8xRa5M9%2BK%2Bs6f%2BFksd4dGerX2PiJ%2F4FELvIzHh2jvw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Table 3124 - Trains planned and cancellations by operator and cause (periodic) | ORR Data Portal</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:36:54 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1669546

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
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 train journeys by each train operating company which did not stop at a scheduled station due to late running in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	1738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold all information regarding the proportion of train journeys by each train operating company which did not stop at a scheduled station due to late running.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 15:28:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1664732

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 27 September (HL10352), what plans they have in concluding future negotiations with train providers to bear a proportion of the costs that train operators face as a consequence of failing to provide quality service to rail customers.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL10506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to negotiate any variations to the Intercity Express Programme’s contracts with Agility to extend the incentive regime. The contracted arrangements for instances where full service provision is not offered are contained in the existing contracts, as articulated in previous responses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 08:23:28 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1657767

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
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 (a) reduce the number of cancellations and (b) improve the punctuality of train services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	197497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department has been clear that the current, sustained poor performance on the railway is unacceptable, and the industry needs to make significant improvements to deliver the punctual, reliable services that passengers and taxpayers deserve. Through the Department’s National Rail Contracts, there is a direct link between punctuality and reliability and the fee operators receive to incentivise improved performance and minimise cancellations. The Department continues to monitor the situation and hold the industry to account through regular high-level meetings with both Network Rail and representatives from the train operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 11/09/2023 16:13:03 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1652864

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
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 impact of plans modernise customer service across the rail network announced by the Rail Delivery Group on 5 July 2023 on future train use by (a) existing passengers and (b) potential customers.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	194002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>These reforms will bring our stations in tune with what customers expect from other, modern and responsive services, including supermarkets and banks, where customer assistants help with information, support and making digital transactions on the shop floor.</p><p> </p><p>Together with industry we want to improve and modernise the passenger experience and moving staff out from behind the glass of ticket offices and into more visible and accessible roles around stations is a central part of this.</p><p> </p><p>This is an industry-led process. The outcomes of the consultations will not be known until the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement process has been concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/07/2023 14:24:30 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1639639

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to help create more efficient rail services across all rail operating companies in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	186542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>As the pandemic has changed travel habits, the Department expects train operators to use this opportunity to reassess their services to provide efficient rail timetables that respond to new passenger travel patterns, are fit for the future, and carefully balance cost, capacity and performance. Operators are also exploring opportunities to better match train capacity to demand, though more effective and efficient use of rolling stock.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 05/06/2023 12:02:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1624207

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the reliability of rail services.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL7465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>Despite the fact fewer trains are operating on the network, and passenger demand is still suppressed compared to pre-pandemic levels, current performance remains unacceptably low.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has been clear that the current, sustained poor performance on the railway is unacceptable, and industry needs to make significant improvements to deliver the punctual, reliable services that passengers and taxpayers deserve.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to monitor the situation very closely and hold industry to account, including through regular high-level meetings with both Network Rail and representatives from the train operating companies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 10/05/2023 11:56:19 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth