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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support local authorities' delivery of the Transport decarbonisation plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support local authorities' delivery of the Transport decarbonisation plan.
The Department is supporting local authorities to decarbonise with funding and tools, helping them to build their capacity and capability. Key programmes include the £5.7 billion City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements and the £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund, which supports local delivery of transport decarbonisation alongside other government objectives.
The Government has also established Active Travel England to help local authorities deliver high quality walking and cycling schemes and last month announced an additional £56 million of public and industry funding to support the rollout of local electric vehicle chargepoints across the country.
The Government will shortly be consulting on new Local Transport Plan (LTP) guidance that will support better and more integrated strategic planning and provide new guidance to authorities in quantifying the carbon impact of their plans. This is in addition to work underway to update its Local Authority Transport Decarbonisation Toolkit on a range of interventions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of (a) the results of Germany's recent rail ticket subsidy scheme and (b) the potential merits of applying a similar approach to public transport in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of (a) the results of Germany's recent rail ticket subsidy scheme and (b) the potential merits of applying a similar approach to public transport in the United Kingdom.
In considering any new rail fare discounts, the Government would need to carefully consider the potential benefits to passengers, costs to taxpayers and impact on the operation of the railway.
On 3 September, the Government announced plans to provide up to £60 million to help bus operators cap single fares on most services in England, outside London, at £2 per journey. The fare cap will run for three months from January to March 2023 and could help millions save on travel costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to encourage people to choose to travel by rail instead of by car in order to reduce demand for petrol and diesel and lower vehicle emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to encourage people to choose to travel by rail instead of by car in order to reduce demand for petrol and diesel and lower vehicle emissions.
As set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, supporting people to choose sustainable travel choices, including rail, has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and fuel demand, whilst also improving congestion and air quality.
We are continuing to work with the sector to tackle the challenges that continue to face the railway as it recovers from the pandemic. We remain committed to reforming our railways, improving journeys for passengers and creating a better, more modern UK rail industry.
Agreed to on question.
Agreed to on question.
May I invite the Secretary of State to visit Croydon? More trains pass through Croydon than pass through King’s Cross, Euston and Paddington combined. The Secretary of State is aware that just outside east Croydon there is a bottleneck that threatens to bring the whole thing to a grinding halt as passenger numbers increase. I wonder whether he would like to come and have a look.
May I invite the Secretary of State to visit Croydon? More trains pass through Croydon than pass through King’s Cross, Euston and Paddington combined. The Secretary of State is aware that just outside east Croydon there is a bottleneck that threatens to bring the whole thing to a grinding halt as passenger numbers increase. I wonder whether he would like to come and have a look.
I do not need to come and have a look, because I travel through Croydon, via the west Croydon route, quite regularly. I know that there is a need for significant improvement in the area of the Windmill Bridge junction. My hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp) has been vociferous in
telling me that that needs to happen, and the Department and Network Rail have already started work on what we believe will be an important project for the future.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Agreed to on question.
Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 135108 on Govia Thameslink Railway: Compensation, how much compensation (a) has been paid and (b) is due to be paid to his Department by Network Rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 135108 on Govia Thameslink Railway: Compensation, how much compensation (a) has been paid and (b) is due to be paid to his Department by Network Rail.
We do not know how much compensation has been paid to DfT so far by NR as a result of these additional works as Schedule 4 payments cover all possessions not just the additional £300m works. However, the value in relation to the £300m works to date will be minimal as Network Rail have accounted for a total of £1.53m in Schedule 4 compensation during the financial year 2017/18 (in relation to c£45m of works). This Schedule 4 figure covers all operators affected (eg Southeastern) and includes both the loss of revenue and cost elements.
As the £300m is being used for a number of schemes which have yet to be completed, the amount of compensation due to be paid is as yet unknown.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2018 to Question 133572, whether any funding allocated by his Department to Network Rail for improvement works on the Southern and Thameslink networks will be paid back to his Department in compensation for disruption during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2018 to Question 133572, whether any funding allocated by his Department to Network Rail for improvement works on the Southern and Thameslink networks will be paid back to his Department in compensation for disruption during...
Compensation is paid by Network Rail to Train Operating Companies for planned disruption on the network (Schedule 4 Payments). No compensation will be paid to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) as a result of the works referred to in Question 133572 although it will receive some of the money to pay for additional costs it may incur as a result of the disruption to passengers, for example bus replacement services – according to usual industry processes.
For other franchises, some compensation would normally be paid to franchisees to reflect the loss of revenue resulting from the engineering work impact. Again this is part of standard industry practice. For the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise, as the Department for Transport takes revenue risk, this compensation will be paid to the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £300 million allocated by his Department to Network Rail for improvement works on the Southern and Thameslink networks will be paid to Govia Thameslink Railway in compensation for disruption during those works.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £300 million allocated by his Department to Network Rail for improvement works on the Southern and Thameslink networks will be paid to Govia Thameslink Railway in compensation for disruption during those works.
No compensation will be paid to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). Some of the money will be used to pay for additional costs incurred by GTR as a result of the disruption to passengers, for example bus replacement services – according to usual industry processes. For other franchises, some compensation would normally be paid to franchisees to reflect the loss of revenue resulting from the engineering work impact. Again this is part of standard industry practice. For the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise, as the Department for Transport takes revenue risk, this compensation will not be paid to GTR.
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of passenger rail usage.
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of passenger rail usage.
Rail passenger journeys have more than doubled in the past 20 years, and journey numbers are at their highest level since the 1920s.
Journeys on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise fell for the first time last year as commuters shunned its shoddy services. The management contract given by DFT means the state has to shoulder a £90 million loss as a result, and Office of Rail and Road figures show that passenger numbers are starting to fall across the country. Is the franchise model sustainable if that continues?
Journeys on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise fell for the first time last year as commuters shunned its shoddy services. The management contract given by DFT means the state has to shoulder a £90 million loss as a result, and Office of Rail and Road figures show that passenger numbers are starting to fall across the country. Is the franchise model sustainable if that continues?
Passengers are switching away from using traditional season tickets to using pay-as-you-go travel. They are choosing more flexible ticket options to suit their lifestyle. Changing travel behaviour may mean that historical assumptions about the number of journeys taken per season ticket are no longer appropriate. Although the number of passenger journeys is reported to have decreased recently, it does not necessarily mean that fewer people are using the railway network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the net difference was between the payments made by his Department under Govia Thameslink Railway's management contract for the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise and the fare revenues paid to his Department through that franchise in each year since 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the net difference was between the payments made by his Department under Govia Thameslink Railway's management contract for the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise and the fare revenues paid to his Department through that franchise in each year since 2014.
These figures published annually by the Office of Rail and Road at:
https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of fines per year imposed on Govia Thameslink Rail were in respect of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise since the launch of that franchise in 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of fines per year imposed on Govia Thameslink Rail were in respect of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise since the launch of that franchise in 2014.
Penalties of £2.3m were imposed in the first year of the franchise for GTR's performance against Cancellations and Peak Short Formations benchmarks. In July 2017, GTR agreed to fund a package of performance and passenger improvements worth £13.4m. This included, contractual penalties of £2.4m for GTR’s performance for the year September 2015 to September 2016, and a settlement of the performance regime for the next two years (September 2016 – September 2018 of £5m for each year).
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of the revenues paid to his Department were under the management contract for the (a) Thameslink, (b) Southern and (c) Great Northern parts of the franchise in each year since 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of the revenues paid to his Department were under the management contract for the (a) Thameslink, (b) Southern and (c) Great Northern parts of the franchise in each year since 2014.
These figures are published annually in the Go Ahead group accounts at:
https://www.go-ahead.com/en/investors/results-reports-presentations.html
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) delays and (b) knock-on delays caused to Southern services at peak time due to holding trains to prevent simultaneous arrivals on platforms 15-19 at London Victoria station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) delays and (b) knock-on delays caused to Southern services at peak time due to holding trains to prevent simultaneous arrivals on platforms 15-19 at London Victoria station.
It is up to the Rail Industry to deliver a timetable that provides passengers with the performance they expect, whilst maintaining safety. Peak services are timetabled to ensure there is sufficient gap between trains to allow passengers to clear platforms and concourse. Note that due to the track and platform layout at Victoria, there is a limit to the number of trains that can arrive in a short space of time at platforms 15-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail are taking to ease peak-time overcrowding for Brighton Main Line passengers on platforms 15-19 at London Victoria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail are taking to ease peak-time overcrowding for Brighton Main Line passengers on platforms 15-19 at London Victoria.
Network Rail are working on a programme of improvements across the station including additional electronic signage, mobility assistance, additional seating and new information pods. Network Rail are also working with the Department on long term plans to improve passenger flows and reduce peak time crowding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department or (b) Network Rail have carried out a risk assessment on the ability to evacuate the concourse at London Victoria Station platforms 15 to 19 at peak time in an emergency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department or (b) Network Rail have carried out a risk assessment on the ability to evacuate the concourse at London Victoria Station platforms 15 to 19 at peak time in an emergency.
Network Rail is responsible for carrying out safety risk assessments at Victoria Station. They do these as part of Crowd Control & Emergency Plans, in line with Network Railâs Managed Stations Standards (MS). These are produced yearly as a minimum, but are also produced for special events and issues when they arise. Any incidents of crowd control or emergency evacuations are logged and recorded, and reported upon weekly to the Route Station Manager. Every incident has a post-incident debrief which is recorded and actions fed back into the plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the Gibb report into the Southern Rail franchise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the Gibb report into the Southern Rail franchise.
The Chris Gibb report was published by the Department for Transport on 22 June 2017. The report is now available on the GOV.UK website along with the Secretary of State’s response.
Please see links provided: GOV.UK website link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report
SoS response link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response
As soon as we received the report, the Department assessed Chris Gibb’s technical recommendations against work or commitments that were already planned or underway. In early January we committed an extra £300m funding for Network Rail to boost the resilience of the infrastructure along the Brighton mainline and associated routes.
The report could not be published during the pre-election period and we have published the report as soon as possible following the general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the Gibb report into the Southern Rail franchise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the Gibb report into the Southern Rail franchise.
The Chris Gibb report was published by the Department for Transport on 22 June 2017. The report is now available on the GOV.UK website along with the Secretary of State’s response.
Please see links provided: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report
SoS response link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response