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100519

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent changes there have been to fares and rolling stock on the Northern and TransPennine franchises.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	905607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Since December 2013 a £60million investment has delivered ten brand new Class 350 trains for Transpennine Express providing additional capacity. Fares set by TransPennine Express have not changed since January 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent changes to the Northern Rail fleet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 8 September, Northern introduced an evening peak period for the main cities during which off-peak tickets cannot be used. This will have no impact for season ticket holders. Northern believe this may reduce crowding for peak time commuters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/10/2014 14:07:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

91766

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the figures for overcrowding are on the First Transpennine Express routes between (a) Manchester Airport and Sheffield, (b) Sheffield and Doncaster and (c) Scunthorpe and Doncaster.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	209203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On a typical weekday in autumn 2013, there were 4% of passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) on First TransPennine Express services at Sheffield during the morning peak and 8% in the evening peak. This includes the routes to Sheffield from both Manchester and from Doncaster. Further information about these statistics can be found in the publication <em>Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2013</em>, which has been placed in the Libraries of the House and is available online at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics are based on passenger counts carried out by train operators that the Department for Transport (DfT) holds on a commercially confidential basis, so more disaggregate data than that published cannot be released. DfT does not hold information on overcrowding between Scunthorpe and Doncaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/10/2014 13:54:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

90547

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure safety on Northern Rail and TransPennine Express trains running driver-only operations.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Eric Ollerenshaw
uin	207965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are currently no services on either the TransPennine Express (TPE) or Northern franchises that use driver only operation (DOO). In the consultation on the future of these franchises, which concluded on 28<sup>th</sup> August, we stated that: &quot;on the Northern franchise, we expect to require bidders to set out how DOO may be introduced onto suitable services. On TPE, this will be left at bidders' discretion.&quot; Driver only operation is a safe method that is already the working practice on around 30% of existing franchise services (including for instance many commuter services in London and Glasgow).</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2014 11:30:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4141 label Biography information for Eric Ollerenshaw

90566

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish in full the public responses to the consultation on the future franchise proposals covering routes currently served by Northern and Transpennine Express trains; and if he will publish, either in summary or full, the responses to that consultation before any decision on the award of the new franchises.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	208135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport will publish a Stakeholder Briefing Document alongside the Invitations to Tender for the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, which are expected to be published in December this year. This document will provide a summary of responses to the consultation and how they have been taken account of in the specifications. There are no plans to publish all of the responses to the consultation in full.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/09/2014 15:11:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

90379

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
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 rolling stock companies on the replacement or refurbishment of Pacer units as part of the Northern/TPE franchise consultation.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	207866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We expect to require bidders for the Northern and TPE franchises to put forward options for replacing Pacer units, which for many are a source of dissatisfaction with rail services in the North. The Secretary of State for Transport has not had any discussions with rolling stock companies regarding this as it is a matter for train operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/09/2014 12:49:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

78938

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of job losses, station closures and cost savings that will result if the proposals in his consultation document on Transpennine and Northern Rail franchises are implemented without change.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	206640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is currently conducting a joint public consultation with Rail North which will inform the specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises. The consultation can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a> and concludes 18th August.</p><p /> <p>No estimates of the potential impacts on station staffing, or cost savings have yet been completed for any of the options set out in the consultation. The consultation states that the Department is not considering station closures for either the Northern or TransPennine Express franchises as part of the specification. Further work will be carried out, informed by the consultation, before any decisions are taken.</p><p> </p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 31/07/2014 08:42:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

78939

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many responses he has had to date to the consultation on Transpennine and Northern Rail franchises; and in what area each respondent to that consultation is resident.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	206625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is currently conducting a joint public consultation with Rail North which will inform the specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises. To date we have received 131 formal responses to the consultation from various people and organisations across the North of England. This number does not include responses to our online survey (which will be collected at the end of the consultation). These responses have not yet been fully analysed as the consultation is ongoing but they cover a wide range of themes. We will publish a stakeholder briefing document setting out a summary of responses to the consultation and how they were taken account of when we publish the Invitations to Tender (ITTs) for the franchises, expected in December 2014.</p><p>The consultation can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a> and concludes 18th August. No decisions have yet been taken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 31/07/2014 08:44:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

78792

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the passenger figures are for each of the last five years for the Transpennine Cleethorpes to Manchester service; and what information is held on the number of people who (a) alight and (b) board in (i) Doncaster and (ii) Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	206419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport holds this information on a commercially confidential basis. However, as I stated in the debate of 16 July, Official Report, column 984, I am happy to consider whether the Department can release such information and I will meet with the Hon. Member and other Hon. Members for the local area shortly.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/09/2014 14:14:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

78590

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modifications Rail North made to the proposals recently put to his Department for the Transpennine and Northern Rail franchises.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	206391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department worked with Rail North in the development of the consultation document and their views were represented in the options set out and the consultation as a whole. The consultation can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a> and concludes 18th August. No decisions have yet been taken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/07/2014 15:00:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

78592

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which councillors represented on Rail North agreed to the consultation paper issued by his Department on the Transpennine and Northern Rail franchises; and what council each such councillor represented.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	206390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Rail North’s decision making process is a matter for them. The Department worked with Rail North representatives on the development of the consultation paper. The consultation itself seeks the views of individual councillors, councils, passengers, and all other interested parties to inform the specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises. The consultation can be found at:</p><p /> <p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a> and concludes 18th August.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/07/2014 14:53:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell