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date	18/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Divorce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on reform of the legal requirements for divorce, what steps he took to consult with the public before proposing change to the divorce laws.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	245898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation was predicated on the clear need for reform to reduce hostility and conflict between divorcing parents, which leave their mark on children and damage their life chances. We therefore sought views on how best to achieve this, not on the case for reform.</p><p>We held a full public consultation over twelve weeks last year to test our detailed proposals in light of the widest possible range of views and insights. We have reflected on the points raised in the consultation from all perspectives, not just from the many individuals and organisations who were supportive. A YouGov poll on the day we set out our proposals suggested 73% support for removing blame from the legal process. We have detailed the final results of the consultation in our response and outlined people’s views on all sides, and we remain grateful to everyone who responded.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2019 16:27:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1121886

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date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of an automated delay repay compensation scheme that is interoperable across train operating companies.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	245899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department requires operators of new franchises to provide automated Delay Repay compensation processes that make claiming swift and simple and is working with the rail industry and the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to deliver more automated claims processes across all DfT-let franchises. The Delay Repay compensation scheme has now been rolled out to all but one of these franchises. Since announcing ‘one-click’ compensation in October 2018, the Government has also introduced a requirement for new franchises to introduce simple one-click automated claims systems, available via smartphones and smartcard registration, to make it easier for passengers to claim compensation when they have suffered delays.</p><p> </p><p>In practice, train operating companies work with one another to ensure that the Delay Repay compensation scheme works in an interoperable way between franchises. For example, if a passenger submits their claim for compensation to an operator other than the one responsible for the delay, then the operator receiving the claim should forward this to the one that was responsible for the delay and advise the passenger that they have done this.</p><p> </p><p>We can advise that South Western Railway (SWR)’s compensation offering was improved earlier this month with the announcement of Automated Delay Repay, which is a new simpler way of claiming compensation for Season ticket holders using SWR Touch smartcards and for holders of Advance tickets purchased through SWR’s website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-help/refunds-and-compensation/automated-delay-repay" target="_blank">https://www.southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-help/refunds-and-compensation/automated-delay-repay</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/04/2019 10:08:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena