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732003

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date	22/06/2017
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, whether his Department has provided relief to Govia Thameslink Railway from contractual payments against benchmark targets in the current franchise agreement for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern passenger services.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not provided relief to Govia Thameslink Railway from contractual payments against its benchmark targets. The Department assesses any payments in accordance with the terms of the Franchise Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:47:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

731999

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, whether any of the recommendations on the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise agreement in Appendix 9 of the independent report by Chris Gibb have been taken forward with (a) GTR and (b) Network Rail; and if he will place a copy of that report in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>All recommendations in the Gibb report have been considered by DfT. Any recommendations about GTR’s current franchise agreement are considered commercial in confidence. The report has been published on GOV.UK and placed in Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>Please see links provided: GOV.UK website link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report</a></p><p>SoS response link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:39:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

731986

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, when a decision will be made on the outstanding force majeure claims made by the Govia Thameslink Railway.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Force Majeure claim for official and unofficial action by train crew on Southern is extremely large and complex. The Department are finalising the assessment of the claim and will be informing Govia Thameslink Railway in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:32:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

731994

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, what remedial actions he may take in the event of a franchised train-operating company's force majeure claim for relief from benchmarked contractual payments being (a) not agreed and (b) agreed only in part by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Under the terms of their contracts, train operating companies actual performance is measured by excluding anything caused by a Force Majeure Event. Force Majeure Events are by their very nature incidents which are outside an operators’ direct control, such as major infrastructure failures that result in a line blockage.</p><p> </p><p>Remedial actions are not specifically related to whether or not the Department accepts an operators force majeure claim but to whether an operator exceeds their Performance Benchmarks as set out in their respective contract.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/06/2017 14:45:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

731996

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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 consideration his Department has given to the recommendations in Appendix 9 of the independent report, Changes to improve the performance of the Southern network and train services, and restore passenger confidence, when assessing Govia Thameslink Railway's outstanding force majeure claims.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>These recommendations will be considered alongside the rest of the report. Chris Gibb did not make any specific recommendations relating to the assessment of Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) claim for Force Majeure which is being assessed in accordance with the terms of GTR’s franchise agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:42:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

732004

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, how many of the force majeure claims from Govia Thameslink Railway for the current franchise agreement for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern passenger services have been expedited by his Department; and for what periods those claims apply.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since the start of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise, nine Force Majeure Events have occurred. These events occurred during the following periods: January, February, July, September, October and December 2015, January, February 2016 and May 2016 to March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The claims for seven of these events have been assessed, the remaining events, including that relating to official and unofficial action by train crew on Southern are currently being assessed. The Force Majeure claim for official and unofficial action by train crew on Southern is extremely large and complex. The Department are finalising the assessment of the claim and will be informing GTR in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 14:54:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

776912

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Poverty
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 effect on global poverty reduction of the increasing proportion of the UK aid budget spent by Departments not subject to the International Development Act 2002.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	109257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy, published in November 2015 (CM 9163), is clear that the government shapes all of its ODA spending according to the four strategic objectives set out in the strategy. All four of these strategic objectives support poverty reduction and all are aligned with the UK national interest. The Aid Strategy also commits the UK to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which have the eradication of poverty as their central objective.</p><p>In order to qualify as ODA, all expenditure must meet the eligibility criteria established by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2017 11:19:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

774072

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the link between school-age education and malaria prevention in malaria-endemic countries.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	108711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Malaria can be a cause of children starting school late or missing school. As the second largest international funder to the global malaria response, DFID’s support is reducing the impact of malaria, which enables children to attend school regularly and learn more effectively. Provision of quality schooling has a positive impact on the uptake of malaria services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/10/2017 16:49:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

776826

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Natural Disasters: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to recent emergency funding for recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, if he will take steps to guarantee contingency funding outwith Overseas Development Assistance for future events affecting British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	109262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no restrictions in UK or international law on the support for reconstruction that we can provide to the overseas territories. The government has committed more than £60m to date for immediate relief and convened a new ministerial group to agree the UK government’s approach to assist the territories as they move from immediate relief to longer term recovery following Hurricane Irma.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/10/2017 13:54:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

776824

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that UK Official Development Assistance not spent under the provisions of the International Development Act 2002 is spent in a way that is likely to contribute to a reduction in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	109259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy, published in November 2015 (CM 9163), is clear that the government shapes all of its ODA spending according to the four strategic objectives set out in the strategy. All four of these strategic objectives support poverty reduction and all are aligned with the UK national interest. The Aid Strategy also commits the UK to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which have the eradication of poverty as their central objective.</p><p> </p><p>In order to qualify as ODA, all expenditure must meet the eligibility criteria established by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/10/2017 14:40:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle