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1046142

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2019 to Question 208287, what plans he has to ensure (a) train operators and (b) Network Rail take the necessary steps to inform rail passengers about (i) different carriage layouts and (ii) door configurations (iii) platform embarkation/disembarkation points prior to the introduction of new trains due onto the rail network between 2019 and 2021.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	211313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for train operators and Network Rail who are best placed to understand the needs of passengers and what information should be provided in respect of the introduction of new rolling stock.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 30/01/2019 13:34:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1043028

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant the Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 206828 on Channel Ferries: freight, whether essential (a) food supplies and (b) medicines will be prioritised through those ports by the Government in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and on what basis ferry ports will be prioritised.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	209798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The additional ferry capacity Government has secured utilises the ports of Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Felixstowe and Immingham.</p><p> </p><p>This Government-secured ferry capacity will be used for the import of critical goods, primarily medicines and medical supplies.</p><p> </p><p>There is no proposal to prioritise between ferry ports.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 23/01/2019 12:46:38 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1019515

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to award Govia an extension to the South eastern rail franchise contract.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	198360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year the Secretary of State agreed an extension to run until April next year with a further option to include an additional 3 months if required. The award for the next franchise will now be made in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/12/2018 17:17:16 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1007165

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2018 to Question 183470 on Railways and Aviation: Fares, what proportion of the UK rail network passengers are planned to be able to use (a) smart cards and (b) mobile phones for fares by the end of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	191425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s £80m investment in accelerating smart ticketing builds on previous and existing franchise commitments, and sits alongside Government funding for Transport for the North’s smart ticketing programme and the Rail Delivery Group’s investment in barcode technology.</p><p> </p><p>Together, these programmes mean that the rail industry is on track to deliver a smart card or barcode option that passengers can choose to use for singles, returns and seasons on journeys across almost all of the rail network by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/11/2018 11:13:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994221

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2018 to Question 178322 on Train Operating Companies: Pay, what (a) locus, (b) authority or (c) remit the Rail Delivery Group has to intervene in rail industry industrial relations.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the written Answer I gave on 13 September to Question 170780 on the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) which sets out the RDG’s role in rail industrial relations.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, the day to day responsibility for managing industrial relations or any dispute in the rail sector will be a matter for the individual employers and trade unions.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:31:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994224

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies and Network Rail: Databases
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 adequacy of (a) open and closed data, (b) data produced legacy systems, (c) data owned or created by train operating companies and (d) data from Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>To answer parts (a), (b) and (c) of the question, the DfT has worked with the rail industry to publish a Joint Rail Data Action Plan. This outlines the Government’s assessment on open and closed rail data, and sets out a number of actions the rail industry will take to ensure data is being shared and used for the benefit of the railways and rail passengers.</p><p> </p><p>This plan will ensure a shift in the railway industry’s approach to using and sharing its data, including new datasets to be made openly available, improvement on how data is collected and classified and new initiatives to bring the rail and technology sectors together. This will drive forward innovation within the rail industry and forge partnerships with the developer community so that the use of data is maximised and more accurate and up-to-date information is put into the hands of the passengers.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-rail-data-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-rail-data-action-plan</a></p><p> </p><p>To answer part (d) of the question, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) monitor data quality through the use of Independent Reporters as part of their role as the rail regulator. These provide assessments of data quality for Network Rail’s data. The metrics and datasets they assess are given a grading based on system reliability and data accuracy. These assessment reports are published on the ORR’s website.</p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/rail/economic-regulation/regulation-of-network-rail/monitoring-performance/independent-reporters" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/rail/economic-regulation/regulation-of-network-rail/monitoring-performance/independent-reporters</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 17:00:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994229

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Rail Franchise
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 shortfall in revenues on the South Western rail franchise as a result of the December 2018 timetable not being introduced.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>All franchise payments between the Department and franchisee are commercially sensitive and therefore confidential.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:43:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994233

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways and Aviation: Fares
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 number of (a) rail and (b) air fares that were booked online in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) DfT does not routinely hold data on the number of rail fares booked online.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The proportions of surveyed air passengers departing selected UK airports that booked their air ticket online in each of the last three years are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Proportion of passengers booking their air ticket through the internet, 2015-2017 Source: CAA Departing Passenger Survey</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Survey airport</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>77.60%</p></td><td><p>76.90%</p></td><td><p>76.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>79.60%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>68.80%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>80.50%</p></td><td><p>78.50%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Bradford</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>29.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London City</p></td><td><p>64.90%</p></td><td><p>65.30%</p></td><td><p>67.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heathrow</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>68.30%</p></td><td><p>69.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>94.00%</p></td><td><p>93.00%</p></td><td><p>91.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>69.30%</p></td><td><p>69.60%</p></td><td><p>70.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stansted</p></td><td><p>93.10%</p></td><td><p>89.80%</p></td><td><p>92.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unweighted sample size</p></td><td><p>64,161</p></td><td><p>48,836</p></td><td><p>57,777</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Note:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Based on the question Where did you book your ticket?' asked as part of the CAA departing passenger survey. The CAA departing passenger survey is asked at a selection of UK airports every year to obtain information about air travellers and the determinants of the travel market.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>'-' indicates that the airport was not surveyed in the year, or the question of ticket booking was not asked to passengers.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Booking through the internet can entail booking online with the airline directly or through a tour operator/travel agent.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Passengers surveyed may be of any residency, and are either travelling from a UK airport or passing through a UK airport when surveyed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/11/2018 17:14:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994237

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Rolling Stock
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 adequacy of the performance of Great Western Railway’s Class 800s in relation to Miles per Technical incident for the last three reporting periods.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The introduction of the new IET fleet is similar to the experience with other new train fleets and we anticipate that performance will continue to improve as the full fleet is introduced and initial teething issues are resolved.</p><p>The full benefits of these IETs, including faster journey times and increased capacity, will be delivered once the full fleet is in service and a new timetable has been introduced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:52:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

990425

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what adjustments he has made to the provisions of the Northern Rail franchise that provide protection to the operator against falling passenger numbers.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	181279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>As there are no provisions in the Franchise Agreement to protect the operator against falling passenger number, no adjustments have been made.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2018 07:27:54 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald