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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Rail Timetabling

"I do not envy my right hon. Friend and neighbour in making this statement today, but I know that he understands the position of Redhill and Epsom only too well, because he has been to visit Redhill station and see the infrastructure improvements that he is putting in place. However, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Oct 2017
Monarch Airlines

"The chief executive of Monarch has attributed the principal reason for the demise of the airline to terrorism and the resulting flight bans to both Tunisia and Sharm El Sheikh. Can the Secretary of State give his assessment of the merits of that argument?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Chris Gibb Report: Improvements to Southern Railway

"I suppose I should thank Southern for taking me to and from the hospital at East Grinstead for an operation this morning. I have come back for this debate, and I want to ask the Secretary of State about the future and the investment that he is making. The situation …..."
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Written Question
Govia Thameslink Railway
Tuesday 18th April 2017

Asked by: Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has received from Govia Thameslink Railway for Network Rail Schedule (a) 4 and (b) 8 payments for service disruption on the Southern Rail network in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.

Answered by Paul Maynard

Information regarding these payments are published on Network Rail’s website - http://www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency/datasets/ - covering the years up to 2015/16. 2016/17 is not yet available and will be published in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2017
Airport Capacity and Airspace Policy

"Following the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab), I should like to point out that the lethal combination of the new technology, the much more precise flight paths and the Government’s current policy of concentration rather than dispersal will lead to a disaster …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The utility of any rail infrastructure investment on the Brighton main line in Sussex will depend on the trains running effectively through Surrey. Will the Secretary of State undertake to look at proposals from people in my constituency about extra infrastructure investment in Surrey, alongside the Sussex proposals?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Airport Capacity

"As the chair of the Gatwick co-ordination group, I congratulate my right hon. Friend on this announcement and make clear to him the relief with which this somewhat overdue statement will be received by all the people represented by colleagues in the group. It will have been clear that keeping …..."
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Written Question
Govia Thameslink Railway: Finance
Thursday 15th September 2016

Asked by: Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) has been and (b) is the projected balance between the fee paid to Govia Thameslink Railway for delivering the current franchise and the income from fares for each financial year of the franchise period.

Answered by Paul Maynard

As was stated when the franchise was awarded to Govia Thameslink Railway, the Thameslink Southern and Great Northern franchise is let as a management contract, where ticket revenues are passed directly to the Government rather than retained by Govia. This means that this franchise does not have premium/ subsidy payments.

In respect of part (a) Prior year figures are published by the ORR: http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/gb-rail-industry-financial-information

In relation to part (b), in February 2015 a Franchise Payment Profile was deposited in the Library of the house; this contained the following information with regard to Govia Thameslink Railway:

Franchises - current as at 25 Feb 2015

Franchise Payment profile to 2023 (in NOMINAL £)

Caveats

All figures are based on current franchise agreements including the current estimates for Control Period 5 and fares policy adjustments. The figures do not include revenue support, revenue share, profit share, or adjustments for GDP.

All figures are subject to change in the future as a result of negotiated contractual changes and changes to inflation indices above or below that assumed.

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

275,405,206

403,760,328

424,690,456

404,131,348

497,212,369

587,111,514

303,608,193

These figures represent the net balance between payments made under the Management Contract and revenue received, and indicate a payment from the Train Operating Company to the department.

The moneys paid to the Department by the Train Operator contribute to the overall budget for the provision of passenger rail services.

This Government is committed to continuing to invest in passenger rail and, for example, we are investing more than £1.6billion of taxpayers’ money in new, longer, and more spacious Thameslink trains. We have also recently announced a targeted £20m fund, to be spent by Network Rail under project board authority, to help get Southern rail services back running as they should.

Written Question
Govia Thameslink Railway
Thursday 15th September 2016

Asked by: Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments his Department has made or is projected to make to Network Rail in respect of the rail network used by Govia Thameslink Railway for each financial year of the franchise period.

Answered by Paul Maynard

The Department for Transport does not make payments to Network Rail on a route by route basis.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jun 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"It is inconceivable that either the Home Secretary or the former Mayor of London would at this time put their constituency interests ahead of the national interest. I know that had the Secretary of State sought an assurance from the former Mayor of London that he would support this decision …..."
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