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1692004

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to pages 8 and 36 of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, CP423, published in May 2021, if he will publish the workings behind the £1.5 billion annual cost savings after an initial five year implementation period expected from reforms to the railway proposed in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>We're committed to reforming the railways and we are getting on with delivering improvements for passengers, freight customers and the taxpayer. Recurring annual savings set out in the Plan for Rail come from a new commercial model, improvement in fares ticketing and retail, a new industry structure and workforce reforms.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 01/03/2024 14:43:48 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1692006

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the recurring annual cost savings after an initial five year implementation period from reforms proposed in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>We're committed to reforming the railways and are getting on with delivering improvements for passengers, freight customers and the taxpayer. Industry experts’ suggested savings are set out in the Plan for Rail.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 01/03/2024 14:42:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1692007

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason supporting documents for the draft Rail Reform Bill published on 20 February 2024 do not reference the expected £1.5 billion in recurring annual savings after an initial five year implementation period from reforms proposed in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, as referenced on pages 8 and 36 of that plan.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The supporting documents for the draft Rail Reform Bill refer only to costs and savings from a new industry structure. Recurring annual savings set out in the Plan for Rail come from a new commercial model, improvement in fares ticketing and retail, a new industry structure and workforce reforms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 01/03/2024 14:40:25 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1692008

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 February 2024 on Government response to the consultation on rail reform legislation and draft Rail Reform Bill, HCWS267, what estimate he has made of the savings available to the public purse from the Government's proposals on rail reform; and how that calculation was made.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The Written Statement references the draft Rail Reform Bill. The Impact Assessment published alongside the draft Bill gives estimates of costs and savings related to the proposals for a new industry structure. We are committed to reforming the railways and we are getting on with delivering improvements for passengers, freight customers and the taxpayer. Industry experts’ suggested savings are set out in the Plan for Rail.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 01/03/2024 14:38:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1691583

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Government Departments: DP World and P&O Ferries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the procurement of services from (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World by Government departments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/02/2024 13:28:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1691584

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: DP World
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192710 on British International Investment: DP World, what the cost to the public purse was of payments made to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World through (i) British International Investment and (ii) other spending by his Department in the period between 17 March 2022 and February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>British International Investment's (BII) partnership with DP World is supporting the modernising and expansion of three ports in Dakar, Sokhna and Berbera, which aims to increase access to vital goods for 35 million people and add $51 billion to total trade by 2035. Since the answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192710, no further disbursements have been made by BII. BII has no relationship with P&amp;O Ferries, its investment partnership is solely in certain ports with DP World in Africa. There has been no other payments / funding directly from the FCDO to P&amp;O or DP World in the period between 17 March 2022 and February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 01/03/2024 13:33:47 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1691586

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2024 to Question 6514 on Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries, what the cost to the public purse was of payments made to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World (i) for support of operational movement services, (ii) for business travel and (iii) on Government Procurement Cards in the period between 17 March 2022 and February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Between 17 March 2022 and 26 February 2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) made payments of £710,388.88 directly with P&amp;O using either physical or virtual GPC cards. This includes transactions by the National Movement Coordination Centre (Army). £182,307.89 was spent through GBT, the MOD's contracted travel management company, primarily for business travel.</p><p>There are no transactions recorded to DP World.</p><p> </p><p>This is the total consolidated spend as we are unable to identify separately, transactions specifically for the support of operational movement services.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/02/2024 13:27:45 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1691587

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department made payments to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World (i) for Departmental business travel and (ii) on Government Procurement Cards in the period between 17 March 2022 and February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Neither the former Department for International Trade nor the Department for Business &amp; Trade have made any payments of the types requested to P&amp;O Ferries or DP World.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/03/2024 08:22:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1689201

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the SQR (a) data and (b) benchmarks used for train operating companies in financial years (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	14128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Train operators are required to publish their Service Quality Regime (SQR) results on their websites each reporting period, alongside the contractual benchmarks.</p><p>The Department regularly discusses and reviews service quality performance with all operators and can take further action where scores are consistently below benchmark. Underperformance also impacts upon the amount of annual performance fee earned by private sector operators.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 14129 14130 question first answered 21/02/2024 11:49:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1689202

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies are not meeting contractual benchmarks for service quality.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	14129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Train operators are required to publish their Service Quality Regime (SQR) results on their websites each reporting period, alongside the contractual benchmarks.</p><p>The Department regularly discusses and reviews service quality performance with all operators and can take further action where scores are consistently below benchmark. Underperformance also impacts upon the amount of annual performance fee earned by private sector operators.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 14128 14130 question first answered 21/02/2024 11:49:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh