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1603596

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new National Rail timetable on the reliability of Southeastern train services.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	163951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Department officials monitor Southeastern performance very closely and regular discussions take place covering all aspects of its service. There has been significant disruption to Southeastern services over recent months driven by industrial action, multiple infrastructure incidents and mobilising the new timetable, introduced on 11 December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Southeastern and Network Rail have established a Joint Task Force and have already made several changes, including operating additional services and lengthening some trains where demand is higher than expected. This work continues and will provide further tactical interventions as well as focusing on improving underlying performance. There is evidence that it is having a positive impact with underlying performance on an improving trend in recent weeks. My officials and I continue to monitor Southeastern performance very closely whilst Southeastern will continue to keep stakeholders informed of developments.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/03/2023 12:11:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1603601

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure Southeastern is required to consult passengers on possible timetable changes in May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	163956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Southeastern’s contract with the Department requires it to carry out formal consultation when considering material changes to its timetable. Southeastern is not considering material changes to its timetable in May 2023 and therefore is not required to conduct a formal consultation. However, Southeastern is considering making some key targeted changes, including adding additional services in the peaks, to better match fluctuating demand and in doing so will continue to take passenger and stakeholder feedback onboard.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/03/2023 12:15:53 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1603602

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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, whether Southeastern have requested a derogation from the requirement to consult in relation to possible timetable changes in May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	163957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Southeastern’s contract with the Department requires it to carry out formal consultation when considering material changes to its timetable.</p><p> </p><p>Southeastern is not considering material changes to its timetable in May 2023 and therefore is not required to conduct a formal consultation. Southeastern is considering making some key targeted changes in May 2023, including adding additional services in the peaks, to better match fluctuating demand and in doing so will continue to take passenger and stakeholder feedback onboard.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/03/2023 11:48:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1567967

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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, whether he made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance by the Equality and Human Rights Commission entitled Technical Guidance on the Public Sector Equality Duty: England, updated in February 2021, on his decision to grant a derogation to Southeastern to cut trains on the (a) Bexleyheath and (b) Sidcup Line in the timetable implemented on 11 December 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	126518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Southeastern undertook an Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) ahead of the changes it made to its timetable on 11 December 2022 including those affecting services on the Bexleyheath and Sidcup lines. The Department granted Southeastern a derogation against the requirement to consult on the timetable changes on 5 August 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/01/2023 14:54:01 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1567968

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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, when his Department received an equality impact assessment on the changes to the timetable implemented by Southeastern on 11 December 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	126519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department received a draft copy of the Southeastern's Equality Impact Assessment on the 23 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 25/01/2023 11:47:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

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

1542362

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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, how many services were operated by Southeastern in September 2019; and how many services will be operated by that provider each month following the proposed timetable changes in December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	87903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Southeastern operated 1988 services on a typical weekday in September 2019 with 1722 on a typical Saturday and 931 on a typical Sunday. Following the upcoming timetable change on 11 December 2022 on a typical weekday Southeastern will operate 1686 services with 1392 on a typical Saturday and 835 on a typical Sunday.</p><p> </p><p>The pandemic has changed travel habits and we have seen substantial changes in customer demand for rail travel.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/11/2022 11:46:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542404

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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 of 15 November 2022 to Question 83686, on Southeastern Trains: Timetables, whether any other rail operators have been issued with a formal derogation against the requirement to consult in relation to the December 2022 timetable changes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	87904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Operators have been working at pace to respond to changing passenger travel patterns since the pandemic, as it is crucial that the industry stays alert to fluctuations in demand and responds accordingly. While demand patterns remain unstable and operators need to remain agile in responding to changes, it is not possible to offer meaningful consultations.</p><p> </p><p>Where operators do not have sufficient certainty, they may request a derogation from the requirement to consult. One operator requested a formal derogation from the requirement to consult and was granted it.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/11/2022 17:41:19 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1541330

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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, whether his Department was (a) consulted on and (b) approved Southern Eastern Railway's plans to change its timetable of services from December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	83686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>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><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/11/2022 12:31:22 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1541334

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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, whether there will be fewer total daily services on Southern Eastern Railway's as a result of planned changes to its timetable of services from December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	83687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Southeastern’s new timetable to be introduced in December 2022 will have slightly fewer services compared to the current timetable but provides more capacity where it is needed. There will be less than 1% fewer typical weekday passenger services across the SouthEastern network compared to the current timetable. These changes will help to rebalance between different routes to meet changes in demand.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/11/2022 12:29:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh