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On 13 August a passenger train derailed near Lewes, and on 19 June two passenger trains collided near Bedford. This briefing provides an overview of safety on the railway in Great Britain.
On 13 August a passenger train derailed near Lewes, and on 19 June two passenger trains collided near Bedford. This briefing provides an overview of safety on the railway in Great Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to maintain the Schedule 17 Ticketing and Settlement Agreement terms between Rail Delivery Group and train operating companies on a) their transfer to DFT Operator of Last Resort and through b) the transition to Great British Railways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to maintain the Schedule 17 Ticketing and Settlement Agreement terms between Rail Delivery Group and train operating companies on a) their transfer to DFT Operator of Last Resort and through b) the transition to Great British Railways.
Train operating companies are expected to maintain the ticket office opening hours set out in Schedule 17 to the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement (TSA) throughout their transfer to DfT Operator and as Great British Railways (GBR) is established. As part of wider rail reform and the move to GBR, we are considering if changes to the TSA are needed to ensure GBR can fulfil its role as directing mind for the railways in Great Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Rail Delivery Group on recent updates to fare search limits for passengers and rail retailers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Rail Delivery Group on recent updates to fare search limits for passengers and rail retailers.
The Department regularly engages with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) on a range of issues relating to the rail retail market, recognising RDG's important role in managing systems and services upon which train operators, retailers and passengers rely. This will continue as we progress towards the establishment of Great British Railways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Rail Delivery Group, Network Rail and British Transport Police on the potential merits of a standalone offence of assaulting a public transport worker.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Rail Delivery Group, Network Rail and British Transport Police on the potential merits of a standalone offence of assaulting a public transport worker.
There is no place for abuse or assault of any worker. Public transport workers and the wider public should be assured that where offenders commit acts of violence they will be arrested and brought before the courts. The railway has its own dedicated police force in the British Transport Police (BTP), to protect rail staff and passengers.
Officials from my Department engage regularly with Rail Delivery Group, Network Rail and BTP, and have highlighted that public transport workers already have extensive protection in existing legislation such as the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 which also covers more serious violence such as actual bodily harm (ABH) and grievous bodily harm (GBH), and courts must already consider offences against public facing workers as an aggravating factor under the Police Crime and Sentencing Act 2022. We do not consider that a standalone offence is necessary, or will have the desired outcome of reducing assaults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with National Rail and LNER on alternative platform solutions at Market Rasen on the Lincoln to Cleethorpes East Coast line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with National Rail and LNER on alternative platform solutions at Market Rasen on the Lincoln to Cleethorpes East Coast line.
With rail infrastructure and passenger services being brought together as we progress towards Great British Railways, we expect a fresh assessment of the business case to be made. The aspirations of local communities and stakeholders are noted and will be incorporated as appropriate in future planning assessments, subject to available funding.
To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure a smooth transition of licensing and market management functions from the Rail Delivery Group to Great British Railways.
To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure a smooth transition of licensing and market management functions from the Rail Delivery Group to Great British Railways.
Under the government’s plans, the retail industry management functions currently performed by the Rail Delivery Group will move to Great British Railways. This includes the oversight and management of central systems that all retailers use, and the licensing of third parties to operate as rail ticket retailers.
We are working closely with industry partners to ensure transition plans are as smooth as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what restrictions she has placed on the Rail Delivery Group on attending (a) party political conferences, (b) international railway meetings overseas and (c) other lobbying activities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what restrictions she has placed on the Rail Delivery Group on attending (a) party political conferences, (b) international railway meetings overseas and (c) other lobbying activities.
We do not hold this information; the Rail Delivery Group’s (RDG’s) structure reflects the role the organisation has played as a means of facilitating collaboration and delivering whole-system outcomes within a multi-operator sector. As a Non-Departmental Public Body, Network Rail strictly adheres to Cabinet Office rules which prohibit attendance at party conferences and the use of consultancies for lobbying activity.
The Secretary of State has not put any restrictions on RDG from attending party political conferences, international railway meetings overseas and other lobbying activities.
Furthermore, we have not carried out a value for money assessment in relation to RDG and Network Rail engaging public affairs agencies for lobbying purposes. RDG undertakes and provides a wide range of critical functions across the rail industry which deliver high value for money for the industry.
Network Rail has a profitable international consultancy arm which involves international travel and conferences; and also necessarily participates in international activities as railway standards and the railway supply chain are both international.
The Rail Delivery Group will be overtaken by GBR in due course which will be an arms-length body of the Department for Transport and therefore subject to Cabinet Office rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Northern Rail, (b) London North Eastern Railway, (c) TransPennine Express and (d) Southeastern pay annually in membership fees to (i) the Rail Delivery Group and (ii) Rail Partners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Northern Rail, (b) London North Eastern Railway, (c) TransPennine Express and (d) Southeastern pay annually in membership fees to (i) the Rail Delivery Group and (ii) Rail Partners.
In 2024/25, the annual membership fee paid by each of Northern Trains Limited, London North-Eastern Railway Limited and South Eastern Trains Limited to the Rail Partners is ÂŁ70,350 (exclusive of VAT). The annual membership fee paid by Transpennine Trains Limited to the Rail Partners is ÂŁ57,750 (exclusive of VAT).
Rail Partners have two distinct functions – Policy and Advocacy, and Operator Services. The operators in question are currently members of the latter, which brings together industry leaders to discuss matters of operations and engineering. These memberships are historic and subject to review.
Operators do not pay a membership fee to the Rail Delivery Group but rather pay for services that are delivered on behalf of the operators, such as National Rail Enquiries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Rail Delivery Group plans to publish board minutes for the period between March 2021 and March 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Rail Delivery Group plans to publish board minutes for the period between March 2021 and March 2024.
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is a private organisation that brings together passenger and freight train operators, as well as Network Rail. As such, it is for the RDG to decide whether to publicly publish its board minutes for the period between March 2021 and March 2024.
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on railway ticket offices on Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 9.30am. The debate will be led by Chris Loder MP.
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on railway ticket offices on Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 9.30am. The debate will be led by Chris Loder MP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he or officials from his Department last met the Rail Delivery Group in relation to the ongoing industrial dispute.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he or officials from his Department last met the Rail Delivery Group in relation to the ongoing industrial dispute.
The Department engages with the Rail Delivery Group on a daily basis to discuss a range of matters including the ongoing industrial dispute.
The Department is not the employer. Negotiations are between industry and the trade unions. RMT and ASLEF decided not to allow their members to have a say on the fair and reasonable offers that were proposed by industry. Instead, they rejected these outright and have pressed on with industrial action that impacts their members and the public. This industrial action will not avoid the need for essential workforce reform.
Together with industry we are keen to press ahead with critical reforms so that we achieve a financially and operationally sustainable rail network that provides a service that passengers deserve.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 194787, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing correspondence with the (a) Chair of the Rail Delivery Group and (b) chief executive officers of train operating companies which have passenger service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 194787, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing correspondence with the (a) Chair of the Rail Delivery Group and (b) chief executive officers of train operating companies which have passenger service...
The Department has made no such assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his correspondence with the (a) Chair of the Rail Delivery Group and (b) chief executive officers of train operating companies which have passenger service contracts with his Department on the proposals to close ticket offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his correspondence with the (a) Chair of the Rail Delivery Group and (b) chief executive officers of train operating companies which have passenger service contracts with his Department on the proposals to close ticket offices.
There are no current plans for any general publication of this correspondence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of officials from his Department taking steps to promote the Rail Delivery Group's consultation on railway ticketing offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of officials from his Department taking steps to promote the Rail Delivery Group's consultation on railway ticketing offices.
This is an industry-led process. Individual train operators are managing this process and will provide station-specific details as part of their consultations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Rail Delivery Group and (b) each of the train operating companies under contract with his Department on proposals for ticket office closures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Rail Delivery Group and (b) each of the train operating companies under contract with his Department on proposals for ticket office closures.
The Department holds meetings regularly with the Rail Delivery Group and industry about the need to reform and modernise rail.
Together with industry we want to modernise the passenger experience by moving staff out from ticket offices to more visible and accessible roles around the station.
To propose any changes to the opening hours, or the closure of ticket offices, train operating companies must follow the process set out in the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) directors or (b) Board members of the Rail Delivery Group are entitled to (i) free rail travel and (ii) rail staff travel facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) directors or (b) Board members of the Rail Delivery Group are entitled to (i) free rail travel and (ii) rail staff travel facilities.
The renumeration packages between the organisation and Board members or Directors are a matter for the individual organisations. The Rail Delivery Group is an independent third party.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125314 on Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations, how much funding his Department has provided to the Rail Delivery Group for legal representation in relation to a complaint to the Central Arbitration Committee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125314 on Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations, how much funding his Department has provided to the Rail Delivery Group for legal representation in relation to a complaint to the Central Arbitration Committee...
The Department has not provided any funding specifically for this purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Rail Delivery Group on negotiations with the (a) RMT and (b) other Transport Trade Unions; and what negotiating powers he has given that group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Rail Delivery Group on negotiations with the (a) RMT and (b) other Transport Trade Unions; and what negotiating powers he has given that group.
The Transport Secretary wants to see an end to the rail industrial disputes, which are affecting passengers, the industry and the rail workers themselves.
The Secretary of State and I Rail regularly meet with both Rail Delivery Group and Network Rail representatives and are also having introductory meetings with rail union leaders.
We are very clear that it is for employers and Trade Unions to negotiate the details of essential workforce reforms that would enable an affordable pay deal. Ministers role is to facilitate and support the ongoing discussions between the rail industry and Trade Unions regarding workforce reform and pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the National Rail Contracts place a limit on increases to executive pay and bonuses of the (a) train operator and (b) owning company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the National Rail Contracts place a limit on increases to executive pay and bonuses of the (a) train operator and (b) owning company.
Copies of the National Rail Contracts are published on the Public Register of Rail Passenger Contracts. Workforce-related matters are covered, in particular, in Chapter 2.2 of each NRC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of likely trends in the number of national rail passengers for the following (a) six and (b) 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of likely trends in the number of national rail passengers for the following (a) six and (b) 12 months.
In line with our published guidance, the Department has developed a number of scenarios of possible long-term rail demand to reflect uncertainty including how passengers respond post-covid-19 as well as economic forecasts. The Department continues to consider a wide range of evidence for our project appraisals and policy decisions and seeks to use the most up to date inputs to aid in these decisions.