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1699016

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of East Coast Main Line intercity passenger services are delivered by open access operators.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	20578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Network Rail have confirmed that within the current timetable, published in December 2023, 8.92% of East Coast Main Line intercity passenger services are delivered by Open Access operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 13:57:01 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1639971

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to steps he is taking to help improve (a) speed and (b) capacity on the East Coast Main Line.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	186710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Integrated Rail Plan commits to upgrading and improving line speeds and capacity on the East Coast Main Line. We have provided Network Rail with early-stage development funding to begin consideration of how these ambitious route-wide plans can be delivered as efficiently as possible.</p><p> </p><p>This IRP activity will build upon the £1.2 billion East Coast Enhancements Programme – a collection of infrastructure upgrades across the route, helping to deliver journey time, reliability and capacity improvements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 05/06/2023 12:06:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1552095

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking with Network Rail to reduce instances of overhead line issues on the East Coast Mainline.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	111546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>We recognise that overhead line issues on the East Coast Main Line have a huge impact on passengers and freight operators. Network Rail has put in place a programme of work to replace overhead line components that have historically caused a high number of failures and are working with train operators to ensure their trains interact as sympathetically as possible with the infrastructure. Network Rail is also designing a series of specific upgrades for tunnels, where overhead line failures can be extremely disruptive, so that the infrastructure is as resilient as it possibly can be. Finally, Network Rail is working to improve the speed of its response when incidents do happen, making sure its teams get trains moving again as quickly as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/12/2022 16:41:30 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1438817

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of long distance high speed train services on the East Coast Main Line are delivered by open access operators as of 8 March 2022; and if he will publish details of (a) those services and (b) their capacity as a proportion of total capacity on the East Coast Main Line.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	136498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>On 8 March 2022, open access operators operated 20 per cent of all long distance high speed services from London to the north of England and Scotland using the East Coast Mainline. The Department does not keep records of the amount of capacity provided by open access operators; details of open access services are published in the National Rail timetable and on the operators’ own websites.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 16/03/2022 15:39:58 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1400005

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Union Connectivity Review on the East Coast Main Line.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	98452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Union Connectivity Review was published on 26 November 2021. The UK Government is grateful to Sir Peter Hendy for his work and will consider his recommendations carefully, working collaboratively with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive to identify the solutions that work best for the people of the UK. We intend to respond formally to the Union Connectivity Review as swiftly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/01/2022 13:15:53 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1341893

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) Transport Scotland on an Edinburgh to Berwick and Newcastle rail service.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	24341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials have had several meetings with Transport Scotland and Network Rail officials with regards to the Edinburgh to Berwick and Newcastle passenger rail service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 24340 24342 24343 question first answered 05/07/2021 10:56:21 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1341894

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made since 2018 of the potential merits of an Edinburgh to Berwick and Newcastle rail service.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	24342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials have had several meetings with Transport Scotland and Network Rail officials with regards to the Edinburgh to Berwick and Newcastle passenger rail service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 24340 24341 24343 question first answered 05/07/2021 10:56:21 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1341895

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to an Edinburgh to Berwick and Newcastle service, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of Transport Scotland's decision not to proceed with plans for that service in favour of the stopping of fast-through services at several stations.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	24343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials have had several meetings with Transport Scotland and Network Rail officials with regards to the Edinburgh to Berwick and Newcastle passenger rail service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 24340 24341 24342 question first answered 05/07/2021 10:56:22 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1342092

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter to the Chief Executive of National Rail from the Department for Transport on 8 October 2020 commissioning a review of the way capacity is allocated on the East Coast Main Line, when they will publish this review; what are the reasons this review has not already been published; and whether the review offers timetable options for (1) passengers, and (2) taxpayers, that are preferable to those proposed in London North Eastern Railway's 2022 timetable consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of Network Rail has provided a draft final report which is under review and contains commercially sensitive information that was provided in good faith by private companies on condition that it is not published. The report considers the full range of passengers and markets along the East Coast route and identifies two key options. Once finalised we will request that the main findings be published.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 12/07/2021 11:10:19 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1341494

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what cost-benefit analysis they have made of (1) the access improvements to London King's Cross Railway Station, (2) the rail modifications at Werrington Junction, and (3) the upgrading of the power supplies on the East Coast Main Line, with particular reference to journey times.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>Cost-benefit analysis of the individual upgrades has not been made. However, an assessment of the wider package of enhancements on the East Coast Mainline (ECML), of which the improvements at King’s Cross and Werrington and the power supply upgrades are contributary components, was conducted in 2018. This presented a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 3.6. This BCR will be reappraised once the content of the new ECML timetable, planned for introduction in May 2022, has been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>This major timetable uplift will provide faster journey times across the route, with improvements of 15 minutes between London and Edinburgh, and 5 minutes between London and Leeds.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/07/2021 13:05:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw