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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121733/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Railways Pension Scheme was established in 1994, replacing the previous British Rail scheme. Contributions in to the Railways Pension Scheme are split according to a shared cost arrangement, whereby employers (the Train Operating Companies) pay 60% and employees pay the remaining 40%. Since franchising arrangements were first introduced Train Operating Companies have been, and continue to be, responsible for paying employer pension contributions during a franchise term.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the requirement was for companies to cover pension costs as part of the franchising arrangements was first introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121746", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121746/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The guidance necessary for local authorities to assess applications under the expanded eligibility criteria for non-physical and hidden disabilities is currently being finalised. The Department for Transport is hoping to publish the guidance at the end of May.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 218834 on Blue Badge Scheme, on what date the guidance to local authorities on changes to the Blue Badge scheme extending eligibility to those with less visible conditions will be issued.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4520", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matthew Pennycook"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121778", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121778/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Whilst decisions on staffing are for individual operators, the Government has been clear that it wants to see more staff on our railway, not fewer, and it is not aware of any plans by franchised operators to remove guards from train services.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>With respect to the mode of train operation and guards, the ORR, the independent rail regulator, and the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) have found that Driver Controlled Operation (DCO), where the train driver has responsibility for opening and closing the doors and dispatching the train from a station but a guard / second crew member continues to be rostered on the train, is safe.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>An RSSB report also concluded that the introduction of DCO according to the standard safety management requirements that all rail companies routinely meet does not increase any other passenger safety risks and furthermore that cancelling a DCO train in the absence of its guard / second crew member is more risky than running it with only its driver.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of train passengers when train guards are removed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4449", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Turley"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anna Turley"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121779", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121779/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department works with the British Transport Police (BTP) to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour on the railways in Great Britain. Under their franchise agreements, Train Operating Companies are required to work with the BTP to manage and reduce railway crime. British Transport Police officer numbers have remained relatively stable on the network over the last five years and are currently (2017/18) nearly 3,100 by comparison to just over 2,900 in 2009/10.<\/p><p>With growing passenger numbers, the Department has been clear that it wants to see more train operating company customer-facing staff on the railways, not fewer.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The BTP keeps records of crime reported on the railways. Crime figures should be considered in the context of rising passenger numbers, with crimes per million passenger journeys remaining relatively low and having decreased overall between 2014 and 2017.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>With regard to factors influencing the levels of report crime on trains, the BTP has run a number of successful initiatives in recent years to encourage more reporting of crimes, which is likely to be a factor in the numbers of crimes reported. For example, BTP has a popular dedicated crime reporting text service - \u201861016\u2019 \u2013 which allows people to report offences to the police easily and discreetly.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The levels of crime that are seen on the railway broadly mirror those seen across society as a whole, as recorded by the territorial police forces.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>A recent report by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) concluded that driver controlled train operation by comparison with conductor operation does not increase passenger safety risks.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of staffing reductions on levels of reported crime on trains.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4449", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Turley"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121783", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121783/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are committed to improving access to the rail network and a further 10 stations in the North West were included in the recent Access for All announcement. Northern Rail are required to spend at least £250,000 on station accessibility improvements in each year of their franchise and in addition deliver 10 accessible hub stations.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>New and refurbished trains that meet modern accessibility standards are being introduced in the coming months. These will provide audio visual passenger information systems, priority seating, and wheelchair spaces among other accessibility features for disabled passengers.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4460", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve accessibility on the railway for disabled passengers in the North West.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "St Helens North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121784", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121784/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Northern and TransPennine Express franchises will transform rail services across the north. Rural lines in the north west will benefit from the removal of all Pacer trains, and all trains operating will either be new or fully refurbished. Stations in the region are also benefitting from some of the £55m investment by both franchises in improving facilities.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Jones"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rural train lines and services in the North West.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
      ], "uin" : "245856"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121785", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121785/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Office of Rail and Road publishes annual statistics on regional rail usage. The number of rail journeys made to/from and within the North West region in each of the last 20 years is presented below.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Rail journeys to, from and within the North West: from 1997-98<\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Total Journeys (thousands)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1997-98<\/p><\/td><td><p>49,199<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1998-99<\/p><\/td><td><p>50,009<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1999-00<\/p><\/td><td><p>52,882<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2000-01<\/p><\/td><td><p>51,924<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2001-02<\/p><\/td><td><p>51,730<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2002-03<\/p><\/td><td><p>51,022<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2003-04<\/p><\/td><td><p>55,503<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2004-05<\/p><\/td><td><p>58,678<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005-06<\/p><\/td><td><p>64,044<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006-07<\/p><\/td><td><p>67,167<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007-08<\/p><\/td><td><p>71,663<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008-09 (*)<\/p><\/td><td><p>105,819<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<\/p><\/td><td><p>106,098<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>111,556<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>115,182<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>113,921<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>121,741<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<\/p><\/td><td><p>124,878<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<\/p><\/td><td><p>128,005<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<\/p><\/td><td><p>133,966<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>134,420<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Source: Office of Rail and Road<\/p><p> <\/p><p>(*) Methodological changes have improved these statistics over time. Most notably from 2008-09, new estimates of rail travel in passenger transport executives (PTEs) areas were included in the dataset for the first time, providing a more complete representation of rail passenger journeys.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of rail passenger numbers in the North West in each of the last 20 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121801", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121801/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of the effect of the number of pump-out sewerage facilities available to leisure crafts on the amount of untreated sewerage waste entering the ocean.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is responsible for the regulation of the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships. These regulations apply to ships engaged on international voyages over 400 gross tonnage and ships less than 400 gross tonnage which are certified to carry more than 15 persons. This means most leisure craft fall outside these regulations.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>However, environmental awareness is promoted to the recreational boating sector through voluntary best practice such as the Green Blue created by British Marine and the Royal Yachting Association. Typically, marinas provide suitable facilities for their users, promoting environmental sustainability.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the disposal of sewerage from leisure boats into the ocean.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4653", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Morgan"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121802", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121802/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of the effect of the number of pump-out sewerage facilities available to leisure crafts on the amount of untreated sewerage waste entering the ocean.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is responsible for the regulation of the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships. These regulations apply to ships engaged on international voyages over 400 gross tonnage and ships less than 400 gross tonnage which are certified to carry more than 15 persons. This means most leisure craft fall outside these regulations.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>However, environmental awareness is promoted to the recreational boating sector through voluntary best practice such as the Green Blue created by British Marine and the Royal Yachting Association. Typically, marinas provide suitable facilities for their users, promoting environmental sustainability.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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