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225984

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) permanent and (b) reservist members of the armed forces have been issued with the HM Armed Forces Railcard since that scheme was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	226828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>A breakdown of HM Forces Railcards issued to Regular and Reserve members of the Armed Forces could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, between 1 January 2009 and 10 March 2015, a total of 384,391 Railcards were sold to Armed Forces personnel and eligible dependants.</p><p>The scheme was extended to include Reservists from 1 July 2014.</p><p>Data is not held prior to 1 January 2009. The total figure includes first purchases and renewals</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/03/2015 17:01:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

225987

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many HM Armed Forces Railcards have been issued in each year since that scheme was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	226829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Data prior to 1 January 2009 is not held. The number of HM Forces Railcards sold to Armed Forces personnel and eligible dependants in each year from 2009 can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Calendar Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sales </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>32,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>52,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>66,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>73,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>71,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>77,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>384,391</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>The number of sales for each year includes both first purchases and renewals.</li><li>The number of sales for 2015 represents the position as at 10 March 2015.</li></ul> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/03/2015 17:00:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

225990

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the HM Armed Forces Railcard in each year since that scheme was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	226830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The HM Forces Railcard scheme is essentially self-funding, with no direct cost to the public purse. The Association of Train Operating Companies is reimbursed quarterly for railcards received by the Ministry of Defence, and the cost is recovered from individuals when the railcards are sold</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/03/2015 16:58:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

225993

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) annual and (b) total cost has been of the contract between his Department and ATOC Ltd for the HM Armed Forces Railcard; and when this contract will expire.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	226831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The HM Forces Railcard scheme is essentially self-funding, with no direct cost to the public purse. The contract, which was set up in March 1999, is an open-ended enabling arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/03/2015 16:57:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce