Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 166508 on South Western Railway: Industrial Disputes, what estimate he has made of (a) lost revenue and (b) other costs incurred by South Western as a result of official industrial action.
Answered by Grant Shapps
This information is subject to commercial confidentiality between the parties.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 166508 on South Western Railway: Industrial Disputes, what payments have been made to reimburse the company for revenues lost as a result of official industrial action.
Answered by Grant Shapps
This information is subject to commercial confidentiality between the parties.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 166508 on South Western Railway: Industrial Disputes, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have provided advice South Western on payments that will be made to reimburse that company for revenues lost as a result of official industrial action.
Answered by Grant Shapps
This information is subject to commercial confidentiality between the parties.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of learner motorcyclists have taken up one-to-one motorcycle skills lessons after completion of the compulsory basic training course in London in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and delivered by Transport for London (TfL). I understand TfL has developed best practice training for motorcyclists in London, with more than 3,000 riders in London taking part in the last financial year.
This includes tailored servicing and delivery training to more than 250 courier riders to help them feel better skilled, safe and confident on London’s roads, as well as a free 1-2-1 session with a qualified instructor.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of delivery company learner motorcyclists have not undertaken free one-to-one motorcycle skills sessions in London; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and delivered by Transport for London (TfL). I understand TfL has developed best practice training for motorcyclists in London, with more than 3,000 riders in London taking part in the last financial year.
This includes tailored servicing and delivery training to more than 250 courier riders to help them feel better skilled, safe and confident on London’s roads, as well as a free 1-2-1 session with a qualified instructor.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents have been recorded in London involving learner motorcyclists in each of the last five years.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The department does not collect data specifically on whether drivers and riders involved in road accidents are learners. The department collects data on personal injury road accidents reported to the police, including contributory factors which the police select when they attend the scene. This does not assign blame for the accident but gives an indication of factors the attending officer thought contributed to the accident.
The number of accidents in London with a contributory factor of ‘Learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ being allocated for the years 2013 to 2017 is given in the table below:
Year | 'Learner or inexperienced driver/rider' allocated to any road user | 'Learner or inexperienced driver/rider' allocated to a motorcycle |
2013 | 201 | 74 |
2014 | 258 | 96 |
2015 | 223 | 98 |
2016 | 278 | 101 |
2017 | 544 | 248 |
Source: DfT Stats19 |
Please note that this does not simply record the presence of a learner or inexperienced driver/rider, but indicates where inexperience of driving in general, or inexperience of the particular type of vehicle, caused or contributed to the accident.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 226511, whether London Overground has submitted proposals to close ticket offices at any of its stations.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Arriva Rail London (ARL), the train operating company responsible for running the London Overground network under a concession agreement with Transport for London, has proposed to close the ticket offices at 51 London Overground stations in accordance with Schedule 17 of the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement (TSA). Under the TSA process it is for ARL and London TravelWatch to seek to reach agreement on the proposals.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence he has received from London TravelWatch on reviewing the criteria for ticket office opening hours; and if he will place a copy of that correspondence in the Library.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Secretary of State for Transport has not received any correspondence from London TravelWatch on reviewing the criteria for ticket office opening hours.
With regard to London Overground ticket office opening hours, the Secretary of State has received correspondence from London Overground. No correspondence has been received from London TravelWatch or the Mayor of London on this matter.
We do not routinely publish correspondence between Ministers and third parties.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence he has received on London Overground ticket office opening hours from (a) London Overground, (b) the Mayor of London, (c) London TravelWatch; and if he will place copies of that correspondence in the Library.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Secretary of State for Transport has not received any correspondence from London TravelWatch on reviewing the criteria for ticket office opening hours.
With regard to London Overground ticket office opening hours, the Secretary of State has received correspondence from London Overground. No correspondence has been received from London TravelWatch or the Mayor of London on this matter.
We do not routinely publish correspondence between Ministers and third parties.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department included in the invitation to tender for the Southeastern franchise notice that the operator will be permitted to serve Clapham High Street station during peak hourse.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The South Eastern franchise invitation to tender provides instructions to bidders on how to exceed the minimum specification including calls at Clapham High Street.