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1184079

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
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 delayed and cancelled Southern rail services scheduled to depart Wallington station at (a) 07.32am and (b) 08.02am for London Bridge station since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	27689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>I have not made an assessment of Southern rail services departing Wallington at this time. However, please note that, on the whole, since January 2019, we have recorded On Time figures of 71%, with cancellations recording 4.1%</p><p> </p><p>The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance against its performance benchmarks regularly and there are clear actions set out in the franchise agreement should performance drop below what is expected.</p><p>From February 2019 to February 2020 for Govia Thameslink Railway, the Moving Annual Average (MAA) Passenger Performance Measure (PPM), was 85.2%. This is a 3.1% improvement on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/03/2020 16:49:03 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1180459

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
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 adequacy of Southern Rail’s performance in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	20584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>From February 2019 to February 2020 for Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the operator of Southern services, the Moving Annual Average Passenger Performance Measure (PPM), which measures trains arriving at their destination within 5 minutes of their scheduled arrival time, was 85.2%. This is a 3.1 point improvement on the previous year. Southern is the best performing of GTR’s brands with a PPM figure of 86.1% for the most recent four-week period. There is still room for improvement and the Government is committed to investing around £48 billion in maintaining and upgrading the rail network in the period from 2019 to 2024, focused on increasing reliability and punctuality for passengers.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/03/2020 13:57:19 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1180460

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
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 punctuality of Southern Rail services (a) calling at and (b) departing from (i) Wallington, (ii) Hackbridge, (iii) Carshalton and (iv) Carshalton Beeches railway stations in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	20585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>For these stations, the annual averages for trains calling within one minute of the scheduled time are: 74.0% of services at Wallington, 70.0% of services at Hackbridge, 86.6% of services at Carshalton and 78.1% of services at Carshalton Beeches. The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance against its performance benchmarks (cancellations, delay minutes and capacity) regularly and there are clear actions set out in the franchise agreement should performance drop below what is expected.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/03/2020 13:49:45 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1180461

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
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 passenger capacity of Southern Rail services (a) calling at and (b) departing from (i) Wallington, (ii) Hackbridge, (iii) Carshalton and (iv) Carshalton Beeches railway stations in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	20586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance against its performance benchmarks, and this includes the capacity regime, which measures the number of short formations during the peaks. Govia Thameslink Railway is currently meeting the required levels. However should it fail to do so there are clear actions set out in the franchise agreement in order to remedy any underperformance.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/03/2020 13:51:11 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1180462

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
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 encourage Southern Rail to improve the (a) punctuality and (b) passenger capacity of services (i) calling at and (ii) departing from (A) Wallington, (B) Hackbridge, (C) Carshalton and (D) Carshalton Beeches railway stations.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	20587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance against its performance benchmarks (cancellations, delay minutes and capacity) regularly and there are clear actions set out in the franchise agreement should performance drop below what is expected. The Department is committed to working with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) in driving punctuality higher and, in partnership with Network Rail and other industry partners, GTR is focused on continuous improvement through the joint On Time Railway initiative.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/03/2020 13:53:17 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1124427

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why there are continuing weekend closures of the railway lines between Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven, Eastbourne, Hastings and London; and by which date such closures are expected to cease.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL15476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>I recognise these closures are inconvenient to passengers but they are nonetheless vital so that Network Rail can upgrade the railway and provide better reliability and improved passenger journeys for years to come.</p><p> </p><p>A further closure is required so that signaling work can take place later this year and once a date is agreed, it will be published so that passengers will be made aware.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2019 16:33:52 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

934475

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the quality and timeliness of information for passengers produced on the Southern rail network following the failure of services on 2 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the operator and Network Rail to ensure that passenger information is accurate and given in a timely manner. When operational incidents occur that cause service disruption, such as on 2nd July, the Department for Transport expects that information is provided to passengers as quickly as possible in order that they can make informed decisions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/07/2018 12:39:18 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

934476

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many passengers suffered delays and cancellations across the Southern railway network as a result of service failures on 2 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not make estimates of how many passengers are impacted by delays and cancellations.</p><p> </p><p>Govia Thameslink Railway (which runs Southern services) has reported that, on Monday 2 July, 68% of Southern services arrived at their destination within five minutes of the schedule. A major cause of service disruption was a multiple signal failure between Wivelsfield and Hassocks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/07/2018 12:39:30 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

934477

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of compensation Southern and Govia Thameslink Railway expect to pay to passengers following the network failure on 2 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not made an estimate of the amount of compensation Southern, which is part of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) network, expects to pay for the disruption on Monday 2 July. GTR and the Department encourage passengers to claim the Delay Repay compensation for any delays over 15 minutes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/07/2018 12:39:43 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

908933

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of Southern Rail is owned by SNCF; and whether they have made any representations to the government of France about the poor performance of Southern Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL8095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), who run Southern, is 65% owned by go-ahead and 35% owned by Keolis. Based in France, Keolis is 70% owned by SNCF. The government is in regular communication with GTR, the operator about performance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/06/2018 15:25:36 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead