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794306

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the 26-30 year old travel discount scheme is mandatory for all Train Operating Companies.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	115279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The government is working with industry to extend the benefits of discounted travel. My current expectation is that, after a trial period, this card will be subject to a binding agreement between all franchised operators.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/11/2017 11:07:47 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

794307

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that Orsdall Chord of the Great North Rail Project delivers full capacity at (a) Manchester Piccadilly and (b) Manchester Oxford Road stations.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	115280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ordsall Chord connects Manchester’s three main railway stations for the first time. It will enable more trains to run to Piccadilly from the south and will support new and direct services across the region. By 2020, passengers as far afield as Newcastle and Bradford will benefit from faster, more frequent journeys to Manchester Airport as a result of this new link.</p><p> </p><p>The corridor that includes Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road will increase from 12 to 15 trains per hour from May 2018. This increase in capacity is not linked to the building of the Ordsall Chord, it is as a result of changing the rules about how the corridor will operate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/11/2017 16:18:10 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

794308

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Contracts
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 ability of (a) Carillion and (b) Babcock to fulfil their contractual obligations in the transport sector.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	115281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>In each procurement a risk assessment is taken based on the project or services being delivered.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/11/2017 16:08:38 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

794309

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
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 cost of the roll-out of smart ticketing and what the timetable is for that roll-out across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	115282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has allocated a total budget of £80 million which, together with the Rail Delivery Group’s mobile barcode programme and the work of Transport for the North, will offer smart ticketing coverage to almost all of the country by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/11/2017 16:22:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

794310

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
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 active road safety cameras.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	115283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>There are 66 fully operational speed enforcement cameras on the motorway network and a further 24 are in final stages of installation/commissioning as the Department continues the rollout of new installations as part of Smart Motorways.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of speed enforcement cameras on ‘A’ roads which form part of the Strategic Road Network is not held centrally and the data would need to be sought from each safety camera partnership.</p><p> </p><p>Cameras on other roads are a matter for each local highway authority and no estimate has been made of the total number of active safety cameras.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/12/2017 14:41:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

789166

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Office of Rail and Road's enforcement of train-operating company licence provisions in terms of their meeting their retail code of practice obligations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	112876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>As the independent regulator, the ORR has consumer law powers to protect passengers’ rights. The Government, in its guidance to ORR this July, made clear that the ORR should use these powers to hold industry to account.</p><p> </p><p>In June, ORR published the results of its audit of train operator websites against the Retail Code of Practice, and has identified areas for improvement in its consumer report. An update of this will be published in December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/11/2017 15:19:43 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

789167

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Delivery Group: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Rail Delivery Group spent on marketing and advertising in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	112937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold information on the Rail Delivery Group’s spending on marketing and advertising.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/11/2017 15:07:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

789168

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Delivery Group
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 effectiveness of the Rail Delivery Group; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	112938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of the Rail Delivery Group’s role of providing industry leadership in the railway to achieve better outcomes for rail users. We continue to work closely with them to ensure they are well placed to provide the strategic leadership needed to deliver key reforms in the railway.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/11/2017 15:10:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

789174

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Delivery Group: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) marketing and (b) advertising associated with the Rail Delivery Group's In Partnership for Britain's Prosperity campaign.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	112935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is a private company funded by the membership fees paid by its members, which comprise Network Rail (a public body) and train company owning groups (which are private companies). The Department for Transport does not hold information as regards any specific contribution to In Partnership for Britain’s Prosperity made by Network Rail. The Department was not required to approve any funding.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/11/2017 15:13:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

789175

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether train-operating company participation in the Rail Ombudsman will be compulsory.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	112936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Rail Ombudsman is being introduced on a voluntary basis. In this way, the scheme will be delivered far more quickly than could be achieved through a compulsory route, enabling the benefits to be felt by passengers as soon as possible. The Rail Delivery Group issued a press release on 4 August 2017 confirming that the train companies have collectively committed to introducing a new independent ombudsman to investigate and rule on unresolved customer complaints.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/11/2017 15:16:30 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald