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1132101

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycleways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what target the Department has set for the construction of segregated cycle routes; and whether the metric for that target will be miles or kilometres.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	264423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy has an aim to double cycling by 2025 but has not set targets for the construction of segregated cycle routes.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/06/2019 14:43:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1131813

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that online retailers provide passengers with up-to-date information on potential travel disruption prior to the sale of train tickets.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	263893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government expects retailers to provide passengers with accurate information on which to make decisions. Retailers must comply with consumer law, the Office for Rail and Road is responsible for enforcing consumer law in the rail sector.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/06/2019 15:19:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1131783

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce his Department's detailed plans for the Transpennine route upgrade.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	263884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>I have already announced my priorities for the Transpennine Route Upgrade passengers within the £2.9 billion available for this Control Period. This will include some electrification and capacity and reliability enhancements. Network Rail is already funded for design works and once I have received their proposal I will be able to say more.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/06/2019 15:01:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129804

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what due diligence his Department has undertaken on the shortlisted bidders for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise to ensure that (a) the board and (b) investors agree on that company’s willingness to take risk.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not comment on live competitions. Please note that all bids received for any franchise competition are evaluated against the requirements and instructions set out in the relevant procurement documentation.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2019 15:26:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129786

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	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 implications for his policies of page 20 of the First Group financial results published on May 30 2019 which states in respect of railway pension liabilities that it is not possible at this stage to determine the impact to ongoing contribution requirements; and whether that company is compliant with his Department’s West Coast Partnership franchise provisions in respect of railway pension liabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not comment on live competitions. Please note that all bids received for any franchise competition are evaluated against the requirements and instructions set out in the relevant procurement documentation.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2019 15:21:38 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129782

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	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 financial stability of the bidders for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not comment on live competitions. Please note that all bids received for any franchise competition are evaluated against the requirements and instructions set out in the relevant procurement documentation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2019 15:18:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129779

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of the number of companies that hold pre-qualification passports to bid for rail franchises in the UK; and how many companies there are that are compliant bidders for the (a) West Coast Partnership and (b) Southeastern rail franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>There are eighteen Passport holders which are listed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rail-franchising#rail-franchising-pqq-passport" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rail-franchising#rail-franchising-pqq-passport</a></p><p> </p><p>The shortlisted bidders for the West Coast Partnership and South-Eastern franchise competitions were announced on 22 June 2017. Details of the announcement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/west-coast-partnership-and-south-eastern-rail-franchise-bidders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/west-coast-partnership-and-south-eastern-rail-franchise-bidders</a></p><p> </p><p>On the 10 April 2019, Stagecoach announced it had been disqualified from the West Coast Partnership and South Eastern competitions for submitting non-compliant bids.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2019 15:04:40 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129773

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of the optimum number of bidders required for the West Coast Partnership franchise to provide value for money.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The maximum number of bidders that could be shortlisted for the West Coast Partnership was set out at the Expression of Interest stage of the competition. The maximum number of bidders that could be shortlisted was 4.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2019 15:01:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129764

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received all of the bids for the West Coast Partnership franchise competition; how many of those bids his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) scored; and whether he as invited the company with the the highest scoring bid from that process to discuss potential contractual terms.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not comment on live competitions. Please note that all bids received for any franchise competition are evaluated against the requirements and instructions set out in the relevant procurement documentation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2019 14:56:40 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129755

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise
	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 4 June 2019 to Question 257748, what proportion of rail services on the east coast mainline are operated by the East Coast franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Although there are many operators that run services on the East Coast Mainline (ECML) between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) are the only operator which runs passenger services across its full length and operate more train kms along the route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2019 14:52:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald