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522231

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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 discussions he, Ministers or officials of his Department have had with Govia Thameslink Railway on indemnifying Govia Thameslink Railway from losses incurred as a result of industrial action; and what the dates and outcomes of those discussions were.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Franchise Agreement does not provide any indemnity to Govia Thameslink Railway for any such losses incurred as a result of Industrial Action, and no discussions have taken place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 10:13:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

522232

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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 sanctions his Department can apply on Govia Thameslink Railway for being in breach of its remedial plan.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The “Enforcement Policy: Rail Franchise Agreements and Closures” sets out what actions can be taken; a copy of this is attached.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 38606 question first answered 07/06/2016 10:32:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name 038731 - Enforcement Policy_Rail Franchise Agreements and Closures.pdf title Enforcement Policy document
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

522233

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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 the most recent Public Performance Measure figures are which have been reported by Govia Thameslink Railway.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The latest figures are published by the operator at:</p><p><a href="http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/performance-results/" target="_blank">http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/performance-results/</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 11:02:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

522236

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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 assessment his Department has made of whether the most recent Public Performance Measure figures reported by Govia Thameslink Railway put Govia Thameslink Railway in breach of its Remedial Plan.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Public Performance Measure figure does not put Govia Thameslink Railway in breach of their Remedial Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Franchise Agreement does not include the Public Performance Measure as one of the benchmarks against which their performance is measured. The Department for Transport (DfT) performance benchmarks for Govia Thameslink Railway are for Delay minutes and Cancellations for which GTR are responsible, and Peak Short formation, as specified under Schedule 7.1 of the Franchise Agreement: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525766/tsgn-franchise-agreement.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525766/tsgn-franchise-agreement.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 10:50:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

522238

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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 discussions his Department has had with Govia Thameslink Railway on extending Driver Only Operation; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>Officials regularly meet with Govia Thameslink Railway. The proposals relating to train doors being operated by drivers have been part of those discussions. Any subsequent change to employee terms and conditions and the management of any such change(s) are a matter for the relevant employer and their employee(s) and/or employee representatives.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/06/2016 12:22:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

522248

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Govia Thameslink Railway on the closure of Govia Thameslink Railway ticket offices; and what the dates of those discussions were.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Officials regularly meet with Govia Thameslink Railway, and their Ticket Office proposals have been discussed.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 10:00:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

522249

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Govia Thameslink Railway on the closure of Govia Thameslink Railway ticket offices; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Officials regularly meet with Govia Thameslink Railway, and their Ticket Office proposals have been discussed. In relation to their Ticket Office proposals, as long as the operator is not breaching the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement with regard to opening hours, employee terms and conditions and the management of any changes in these are a matter for the relevant employer and their employee(s) and/or employee representatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 10:03:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

522250

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the definition of ticket office is for the purposes of Schedule 17 ticketing arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	38708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Ticket Office is defined within the Ticketing &amp; Settlement Agreement (TSA), <a href="http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/files/RSPDocuments/TSA%20V9_4%20-%20Main%20Agreement%20(Volume%201).pdf" target="_blank">http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/files/RSPDocuments/TSA%20V9_4%20-%20Main%20Agreement%20(Volume%201).pdf</a>, as a place within a station at which fares are generally sold in person by or on behalf of an operator.</p><p> </p><p>The opening hours and product range of Ticket Offices are specified in Schedule 17 of the TSA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 09:56:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

450074

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Bank: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian effect of the planning process in Area C of the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	903417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>According to the UN, Palestinians in the OPTs face a range of serious threats including threats to life, destruction of homes and forced displacement. Planning helps stop demolitions and displacement, which have a negative humanitarian impact and continue to undermine development. The UK strongly supports development of Area C and continues to fund the development of Palestinian outline plans to improve communities’ access to services.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/02/2016 14:01:11 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

391815

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Streptococcus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recent Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists audit which reported that more than half of all obstetric units tested some or all pregnant women for group B Streptococci using tests not designed specifically to detect group B Streptococci, what the Government's plans are to introduce Public Health England's recently updated UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations, B58 Detection of carriage of Group B Streptococci; and what the planned timescale is for that introduction.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	8291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England has advised the Department that the UK Standard for Microbiology Investigation (SMI) B58 <em>Detection of Carriage of Group B Streptococc</em>i was published in June 2015 and is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438182/B_58i3.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438182/B_58i3.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SMIs are intended as a general resource for practising professionals operating in the field of laboratory medicine and infection specialties in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>They represent neither minimum standards of practice nor the highest level of complex laboratory investigation possible, and are not mandatory. Laboratories can download and adapt the method into a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) based on local policies. SMIs help laboratories to meet accreditation requirements by promoting high quality practices which are auditable. UK microbiology laboratories that do not use SMIs should be able to demonstrate at least equivalence in their testing methodologies to the relevant accreditation body.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SMI B58 describes the examination of specimens to detect carriage of Group B streptococci (GBS). SMI B58 states that it does not seek to contradict clinical guidelines from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists or the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or those of the UK National Screening Committee 2012 which did not recommend antenatal screening for GBS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/09/2015 15:49:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald