Asked by: Teresa Pearce (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the negotiations between his Department and London and South East Railway Limited for the direct award of the South Eastern rail passenger franchise to June 2018.
Answered by Claire Perry
The total comes to £1,040,000 including VAT. This includes estimates for September and October.
Asked by: Teresa Pearce (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the written Statement of 11 September 2014, by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Official Report, column 42WS, on rail franchising (Southeastern), what contractual guarantees have been secured from Govia about training for existing staff during the term of the directly awarded franchise.
Answered by Claire Perry
The franchise agreement does have contractual guarantees on training for existing staff. This is in addition to the normal responsibilities the operator has for training its staff to meet its business requirements.
We will publish the Franchise Agreement in due course at
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-register-of-rail-passenger-franchise-agreements
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Asked by: Teresa Pearce (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average increase was in (a) regulated and (b) unregulated passenger rail fares for (i) peak and (ii) off peak rail services provided under franchise by London and South East Railway Limited in each year since 2006.
Answered by Claire Perry
The average permitted annual increase in regulated rail fares set by London and South East Railway Ltd (LSER) in each year since 2006 was as follows:
2006 – 3.9%; 2007 – 6.3%; 2008 – 6.8%; 2009 – 8%; 2010 – 2.4%;
2011 – 7.8%; 2012 – 6%; 2013 – 4.2%; 2014 – 3.1%
Regulated fares include weekly/monthly/annual season tickets, day singles and returns (including Oyster Pay as You Go in London) and long-distance off-peak return fares.
The Department does not hold information about increases in unregulated fares.
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) publishes an index showing the average change in price in all rail fares from 2004, with fares at January 2004 shown as 100. The information is not shown by individual Train Operator but grouped together as London and South East, Long Distance and Regional, with LSER fares included in London and the South East.
| January | January | January | January | January | January | January | January | January |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| 109.6 | 115.1 | 121.8 | 130.1 | 130.6 | 139.3 | 147.8 | 154.4 | 158.7 |
The full table can be found on ORR’s website at:
http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/00a7c389-7c31-4152-ab18-f99dd65e28d7