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1542773

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date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pre-planned service cancellations have been applied by each rail operator for services in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	88939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the requested data on pre-planned cancellations by the train operating companies.</p><p>Rail operators are responsible for mitigating the effects of disruptive events, and for ensuring they are able to provide services within existing operational constraints. In some cases, operators may cancel services, or implement temporarily revised train timetables, to provide passengers with certainty so they can plan their journeys confidently.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 15:44:13 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542791

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern Trains: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 7th November 2022 of Question 80960 on Southeastern Railway, for what reasons his Department agreed to grant Southeastern Railway a derogation from the requirement to consult on their December 2022 train timetable changes.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	89070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Rail operators, including Southeastern, have been working at pace to respond to changing passenger travel patterns since the pandemic, as it is crucial that industry stays alert to fluctuations in demand whilst delivering good value for the taxpayer and responds accordingly. Therefore, the Department agreed to consider requests from operators for derogations against the requirement to formally consult on timetable changes throughout 2022. Subsequently, on 5 August 2022 the Department issued Southeastern with a formal derogation against the requirement to undertake a consultation exercise in respect of its December 2022 timetable changes.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 15:31:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1542853

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a determination will be made on the Outline Business Case for the Midlands Rail Hub.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	88999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>We received the Outline Business Case for the Midlands Rail Hub on 14<sup>th</sup> November. We will consider it carefully and respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 16:00:41 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1542857

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on staff activity related to the review of retained EU laws within his Department's areas of responsibility since 1 September 2021; and what funding his Department has allocated for these purposes for the rest of the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 15:55:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542858

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) relevant stakeholders and (b) local leaders in the Midlands on the potential merits of constructing the Midlands Rail Hub for local residents.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	89000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport received the Outline Business Case (OBC) for Midlands Rail Hub on 14<sup>th</sup> November. The OBC was jointly developed by Midlands Connect, representing local stakeholders and leaders across the region, together with Network Rail. We will need to assess the OBC and will make announcements on how to proceed with the project in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 17:29:01 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1542863

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential economic benefits of building the Midlands Rail Hub.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	89001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport received the Outline Business Case (OBC) for Midlands Rail Hub on 14<sup>th</sup> November. We will need to assess the contribution of the scheme to the Government’s objectives – including the potential economic benefits – alongside value for taxpayer money, and affordability .</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 17:37:46 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1542864

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Midlands
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 potential effect of the Midlands Rail Hub on rail usage in that region.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	89002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport received the Outline Business Case for Midlands Rail Hub on 14<sup>th</sup> November. We will need to assess the contribution of the scheme to forecast impacts on rail usage in the Midlands region, including taking account of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on changing travel demand.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 17:40:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1542904

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Nine-point plan for seafarers published on 6 July 2022, what progress he has made on the creation of minimum wage corridors with international partners.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	88941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has engaged with eight of our near European neighbours on how we can collaborate to improve seafarer welfare and to explore the creation of minimum wage equivalent corridors.</p><p>Discussions are ongoing with several countries and are being pursued as a matter of priority.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/11/2022 12:56:38 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542918

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2021, published on 22 September 2022, when he plans to reintroduce the reporting of overcrowding and passenger standing measures, which were not detailed in that statistics release.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	88942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The reporting of crowding and passenger standing measures were included within the set of tables published as part of ‘Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2021’ national statistics. This information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2021/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2021/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>Data tables RAI0212 and RAI0213 summarise the number of services with passengers in excess of capacity for regional cities and London stations respectively.</p><p> </p><p>A discussion of crowding measures was omitted from the findings in the statistical release document as there was almost no crowding recorded during the observed period (Autumn 2021).</p><p> </p><p>The content of future releases will be kept under review as passenger numbers recover following the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 15:57:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542924

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of learners waiting for a practical driving test; and whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures taken to reduce the driving test backlog over the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	88978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has a 24 week forward booking window and driving tests are not available to book beyond this.</p><p>As of 17 November 2022, there were 550,331 car practical tests booked.</p><p>Since April 2021, the DVSA has created 595,000 extra car practical driving tests appointments, to help reduce waiting times, by:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure introduced</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of car practical driving slots created</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recruiting new driving examiners</p></td><td><p>245,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conducting out of normal hours testing through overtime, including at weekends and on public holidays</p></td><td><p>165,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asking colleagues who are qualified to carry out driving tests, but do not do so as part of their normal duties, to do so</p></td><td><p>105,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Converting any unsold motorcycle tests and vocational tests to car tests 7 days before the test appointment</p></td><td><p>55,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buying back annual leave from driving examiners</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inviting recently retired driving examiners to return to work</p></td><td><p>6,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cumulative total of the measures introduced (in the table above) has reduced the length of time forecasted for the DVSA to recover its driving test service by 20 months.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/11/2022 13:57:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West