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1201940

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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 the latest recorded level of monthly fare revenues received by English train operating companies is; and how that data compares to the same revenues in January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	57051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on passenger ticket revenue is collected by LENNON, the rail industry ticket sales database. The data held within LENNON is provided to the Department on a commercially confidential basis and is not publicly available. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publish aggregated information on passenger revenue from LENNON as a part of their quarterly rail usage statistics.</p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/06/2020 14:39:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1144456

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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 he has made of the equity of the most recent rise in rail ticket prices.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	286203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government does understand the concern about the cost of some rail fares and the impact that this can have on people’s budgets. This is why the Government has ensured that regulated rail fares can rise by no more than inflation for the last six years. While this change is unwelcome, it is not fair to ask people who do not use trains to pay more for those who do. Taxpayers already subsidise the network by more than £4bn a year – (54% of our transport budget is spent on the 2% of journeys that rail accounts for).</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:33:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

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

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

1366418

registered interest
date	05/11/2021
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 he has made of the effect on (a) passenger numbers and (b) income to the public purse that would result from (i) increasing rail fares by RPI+1, (ii) increasing rail fares by RPI, (iii) freezing rail fares, and (iv) reducing rail fares by 5 per cent.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	70318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>Prior to any fares changes, Ministers consider analysis of a variety of options. Any changes on forthcoming national rail fares changes for 2022 will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/11/2021 10:49:12 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1366419

registered interest
date	05/11/2021
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, if he will publish the modelling undertaken by his Department in respect of the yield analysis of different rail fare scenarios.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	70319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>Details of any changes in national rail fares for 2022 will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/11/2021 10:46:48 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

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

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

1271669

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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 he has made of the effect of increasing rail fares on encouraging passengers to return to rail travel, once covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	130811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>We understand concerns about the cost of some rail fares and the impact that this can have on budgets. We have carefully considered the needs of passengers and the cost of operating a safe railway before arriving at a decision. This will be the lowest increase in four years. We have also temporarily frozen fares, enabling passengers to purchase tickets at current prices, including annual season tickets during January and February.</p><p> </p><p>Taxpayers have been very generous in their support to keep trains running throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognising the scale of taxpayer support, it is vital that farepayers make a fair contribution. Ultimately, a small rise is necessary to ensure we are fair to taxpayers and can sustain investment on maintaining services, to enable social distancing and support our economic recovery.</p><p> </p><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 are therefore continuing to work closely with industry to develop a solution that offers better value and convenience for those who work flexibly, which we will provide further details on in due course.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/01/2021 14:50:34 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi