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1259172

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 rail operators on the potential merits of temporarily suspending peak fares during the Christmas period.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	126951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>A number of train companies are planning to relax peak travel restrictions over the Christmas period, including Avanti West Coast, London North Eastern Railway, CrossCountry and East Midlands Railways, while others are planning to lift restrictions on some services or on particular days such as Christmas Eve.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 14/12/2020 17:46:01 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1258448

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date in 2021 the annual rise in rail fares is planned to come into effect.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	125296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is considering plans for regulated rail fares and further details will be communicated soon. This year the industry, commuters and society are all facing unusual pressures due to the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Taxpayers have been very generous in their support to keep trains running throughout the pandemic, and it is only fair that passengers also contribute to maintaining and improving the services they use. Any fares rise will help fund crucial investment in maintaining railway services to enable social distancing and support our economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>These are unprecedented times and our immediate focus must be on ensuring that we keep the railway available and safe for those who need to rely upon it.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/12/2020 17:16:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1257732

registered interest
date	02/12/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 of the potential merits of reforming the regulations governing rail fares to reflect changes in working patterns.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	124338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact of Covid-19 on people’s travel patterns and therefore the need to accommodate a more flexible style of working and commuting.</p><p>The Department has proactively approached the rail industry and is currently considering proposals received from train operators that try to ensure better value and convenience for travellers, but these are unprecedented times and our immediate focus must be on ensuring that we keep the railway available and safe for those who need to rely upon it.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/12/2020 12:22:10 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1251898

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 7 September 2020 to Questions 83804, 83805 and 83806, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of fares reforms for (a) long-distance leisure and (b) ad-hoc business travel passengers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	91967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is actively considering how we can modernise our fares and ticketing offer, to develop more convenient and better value options for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>However, these are unprecedented times and our immediate focus must be on ensuring that we keep the railway available and safe for those who need to rely upon it.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/11/2020 15:31:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1251479

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the changes to rail fares from 2 January 2021 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	114836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Government is considering plans for regulated rail fares and further details will be communicated in due course.</p><p> </p><p>This year the industry, commuters and society are all facing unusual pressures due to the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic. Taxpayers have been very generous in their support to keep trains running throughout the pandemic, and it’s only fair that passengers also contribute to maintaining and improving the services they use. Any fares rise will help fund crucial investment in maintaining railway services to enable social distancing and support our economic recovery.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/11/2020 14:48:37 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1247355

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 to introduce more flexible rail fares for commuters in (a) London and (b) England in response to an increase in remote and flexible working during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	109513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the change in travel patterns, the impact of COVID-19 and therefore the need to accommodate a more flexible style of working and travelling. We also understand concerns about the cost of some rail fares and the impact that this can have on people’s budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has proactively approached the rail industry and is currently considering proposals received from train operators who both operate services into London and those who operate elsewhere in England, that try to ensure better value and convenience for travellers. Train operators who already offer some form of flexible ticketing for commuting into London include c2c, Chiltern Railways, Gatwick Express, Greater Anglia, South Western Railway, and Govia Thameslink. Commuting within London falls under the responsibility of the Mayor of London.</p><p> </p><p>These are unprecedented times and our immediate focus must be on ensuring that we keep the railway available and safe for those who need to rely upon it.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/11/2020 15:49:19 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1244968

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy to increase regulated rail fares by the rate of RPI inflation on 2 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	106439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>Government is considering plans for regulated rail fares in January. Taxpayers have been very generous in their support to keep trains running throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, and it is only fair that passengers also contribute to maintaining and improving the services they use. Any fares rise will help fund crucial investment in maintaining railway services to enable social distancing and support our economic recovery.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/10/2020 12:39:11 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1244983

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 reform the regulations governing rail fares to reflect changes in working patterns throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	106383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to modernising rail fares and ticketing and recognises that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a fundamental change in working patterns which could have long-term effects on commuter behaviours. We are actively considering how we can modernise our fares and ticketing offer, to develop more convenient and better value options for passengers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, these are unprecedented times and our immediate focus is on ensuring that we keep the railway available and safe for those who rely upon it.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 28/10/2020 13:21:22 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1244989

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 make rail fares more flexible for commuters in (a) St Austell and Newquay constituency and (b) throughout the UK to reflect the change in working patterns (i) during and (ii) after the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	106384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>Government recognises that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a fundamental change in working patterns and that this could have long-term effects on commuter behaviours.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In response, the Department for Transport has proactively worked with the rail industry, and is currently considering proposals received from train operators, including Great Western Railway, to try to ensure better value and convenience for part-time and flexible commuters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 28/10/2020 13:24:44 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1239652

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with railway operators on making the price of a single rail journey equivalent of a return ticket for that journey.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	98262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department launched a trial of Single Leg Pricing with LNER on 2 January 2020, removing return tickets for journeys between London King’s Cross and Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh. Removing returns has simplified the fares structure, with flexible single fares purchased just before travel now costing around half of the old return fare and no more singles priced at £1 less than the return. Passengers are able to mix and match tickets much more easily, providing better value for money, tickets that suit their travel plans and cheaper journeys overall.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/10/2020 15:29:32 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney