Written questions

1,108 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he first held a substantive conversation with the Prime Minister on cost overruns on Network Rail's electrification programme.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual salary will be of the incoming Chair of Network Rail.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which dates a Minister in his Department has chaired the Performance Delivery Group in the last 12 months; and which Minister chaired each such meeting.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of Network Rail's progress on delivering the Manchester to Preston electrification project; when he expects that project to be completed; and whether that project has advance

26 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Midland Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, which of the Midland Main Line speed improvement works referenced in that statement are additional to projects al

26 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of June 25 2015 to Question 3449, what the total value was of the contracts entered into by Network Rail in connection with (a) Midland Main Line and (b) TransPennine electrification.

26 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Rail Infrastructure Futures Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of June 25 2015 to Question 3539, which external organisations have held meetings and on which dates with the Rail Infrastructure Futures unit since that unit's creation.

26 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3530, by what date he expects Pacer trains to be withdrawn from service by those franchises managed by his Department.

26 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Cross Country Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on assessing the case for electrifying the rail line from Bristol to Derby.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1318, when he expects that work with the rail industry to develop options for introducing part-time season tickets will be completed.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3117, whether any of those meetings took place outside the UK.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will undertake an affordability review of Network Rail's enhancement projects.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Midland Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to change the (a) extent and (b) scope of the Midland Main Line electrification project.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from what date he expects to require train companies to improve compensation arrangements for passengers when trains are more than a few minutes late; what improvements to compensation arrangements he plans to

23 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2634, and with reference to the Northern franchise invitation to tender of 27 February 2015, whether his plans to enable the simplification of regulated fares

23 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his Department's updated organisation chart; if he will update his Department's Ministerial transparency data series for the period since March 2014; and if he will encourage Network Ra

23 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3011, whether the (a) London and Bristol, (b) London and Cardiff, (c) London and Swansea, (d) London and York, (e) London and Newcastle, (f) London and Edinbur

23 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Rail Delivery Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of all Rail Delivery Group Annual Reports held by his Department.

23 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it will take for (a) electric IEP trains and (b) other bi-mode IEP trains running on diesel to reach 125 mph on flat and straight track in (i) five and (ii) nine car formations.

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the purpose is of his Department's Rail Infrastructure Futures unit; on what date that unit was created; how many officials work in the Rail Infrastructure Futures team; and whether any external bodies hav

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3009, whether all Pacer trains will be withdrawn from service once they are displaced from the Northern and Great Western franchises.

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2610, what his Department's annual expenditure on the South East Flexible Ticketing programme (SEFT) has been; and what the value was of the funding that was t

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1550, on what date he received the Stakeholder Executive's review of Network Rail's governance.

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Midland Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what works have been undertaken to enable the electrification of the Midland Main Line to date; and what the value is of (a) contracts entered into by Network Rail in connection with the project and (b) the wor

18 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to include provisions on improving the quality of and access to training and continuing professional development for employeers of train operating companies in all future franchise agreeme

18 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to encourage research and development into the production of new diesel multiple units by UK-based manufacturers.

18 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2015 to Question 2371, what meetings (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have held to discuss Network Rail since 1 March 2015; whe

18 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

First Great Western

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a decision on whether to grant First Great Western permission to order new trains to operate on its intercity routes to Devon and Cornwall; and whether he expects that permission will re

18 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video on Demand: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2015 to Question 1237 on television: disability, what targets his Department uses to judge if significant progress has been made on the provision of access servi

17 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1549, whether proposals for the Atos and Atos Worldline sections of the Railway Pension Scheme have been approved by the Trustee.

Source: official written-questions record.