Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of levels of passenger satisfaction with light rail systems.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Department for Transport has not made any assessment of passenger satisfaction levels in regards to light rail. However, Transport Focus, an independent transport user watchdog, published results in May 2016 which indicated overall journey satisfaction in 2015 had increased to 92% from 90% the previous year. This follows a survey conducted of over 5,000 passengers who had used light rail systems in operation in Blackpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh.
A copy of the Transport Focus report can be found at the following weblink:
http://www.transportfocus.org.uk/research-publications/research/tram-passenger-survey/
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on delays to the Sheffield to Rotherham tram-train scheme.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, the joint funders of the tram train pilot project, have been advised that Network Rail has initiated a review of the current programme of works needed to adapt their infrastructure to operate the tram train vehicles between Meadowhall South and Rotherham Parkgate.
The Department understands that Network Rail has encountered significant issues with the approval of new bespoke electrification equipment needed to operate the tram train vehicles. The joint funders are clearly disappointed by this further delay.
The current programme showed delivery of these works by early spring 2017, however until the outcome of the Network Rail review is known, no further details can be provided.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Sheffield to Rotherham tram-train scheme has been delayed.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, the joint funders of the tram train pilot project, have been advised that Network Rail has initiated a review of the current programme of works needed to adapt their infrastructure to operate the tram train vehicles between Meadowhall South and Rotherham Parkgate.
The Department understands that Network Rail has encountered significant issues with the approval of new bespoke electrification equipment needed to operate the tram train vehicles. The joint funders are clearly disappointed by this further delay.
The current programme showed delivery of these works by early spring 2017, however until the outcome of the Network Rail review is known, no further details can be provided.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average hourly earnings were of his Department's (a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Department for Transport is made up of the central Department and the following agencies:
The table below shows the average hourly earnings for both BME and non- BME staff within the Department for Transport in 2015 and 2016. It is voluntary for staff to declare their ethnic origin. Data for staff who have chosen not to declare their ethnic origin is also provided in the tables.
2015 | BME | Non BME | Not Disclosed |
AA | £8.78 | £8.69 | £9.11 |
AO | £10.87 | £10.65 | £10.55 |
EO | £13.54 | £13.37 | £13.02 |
HEO | £16.73 | £16.67 | £16.22 |
SEO | £20.82 | £20.96 | £20.29 |
G7 | £27.35 | £27.62 | £26.63 |
G6 | £41.55 | £34.92 | £34.78 |
SCS 1 | £56.63 | £44.72 | £47.03 |
SCS 2 | - | £57.14 | £70.92 |
SCS 3 | - | £69.23 | £67.67 |
2016 | BME | Non BME | Not Disclosed |
AA | £8.88 | £8.91 | £9.39 |
AO | £10.97 | £10.85 | £10.76 |
EO | £13.58 | £13.46 | £13.20 |
HEO | £16.59 | £16.65 | £16.60 |
SEO | £21.51 | £21.17 | £21.43 |
G7 | £27.36 | £26.99 | £26.50 |
G6 | £41.80 | £34.62 | £34.80 |
SCS 1 | £42.34 | £44.10 | £48.40 |
SCS 2 | - | £58.25 | £73.56 |
SCS 3 | - | £70.42 | £70.36 |
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the £68 million that was allocated to the the New Generation Trolleybus scheme for Leeds was spent.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Department of Transport did not provide any funding for the Leeds Supertram or Leeds New Generation Trolleybus schemes. Any expenditure committed so far is the responsibility of the promoters - West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Council.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the £40 million that was allocated to the Supertram scheme for Leeds that was cancelled in 2005 was spent.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Department of Transport did not provide any funding for the Leeds Supertram or Leeds New Generation Trolleybus schemes. Any expenditure committed so far is the responsibility of the promoters - West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Council.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the electrification of the Leeds- Harrogate-York railway line.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Network Rail is taking the recommendations of the North of England Electrification Task Force into account in assessing the case for further electrification of the national rail network, including the Leeds-Harrogate-York line. It plans to publish a draft update to the industry electrification strategy this year.