Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the actual number of train cancellations was compared to the default threshold number of train cancellations for the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise, as amended by the GTR remedial plan, for each monthly period since the beginning of 2016.
The performance benchmarks are calculated as a percentage on a moving annual average basis. This is to ensure that an operator’s performance is measured over the long term and not impacted by short term issues. Therefore a comparison of the number of cancellations for each period against a percentage-based annual benchmark is misleading.
We have attached the latest position against the Remedial Plan benchmarks in the table below. Cancellations are in excess of default levels. GTR has submitted a force majeure claim for official and unofficial industrial action undertaken by drivers and conductors on Southern services. The outcome of our assessment of their force majeure claim will determine GTR's performance level.
Railway period | Period dates | Actual (%) | Default (%) |
2015/16_P10 | 13 Dec to 09 Jan 2016 | 1.80 | 2.71 |
2015/16_P11 | 10 Jan to 06 Feb 2016 | 1.84 | 2.70 |
2015/16_P12 | 07 Feb to 05 Mar 2016 | 1.91 | 2.71 |
2015/16_P13 | 06 Mar to 31 Mar 2016 | 1.95 | 2.71 |
2016/17_P01 | 01 Apr to 30 Apr 2016 | 1.98 | 2.73 |
2016/17_P02 | 01 May to 28 May 2016 | 2.21 | 2.73 |
2016/17_P03 | 29 May to 25 Jun 2016 | 2.84 | 2.73 |
2016/17_P04 | 26 Jun to 23 Jul 2016 | 3.44 | 2.75 |
2016/17_P05 | 24 Jul to 20 Aug 2016 | 4.15 | 2.75 |
2016/17_P06 | 21 Aug to 17 Sep 2016 | 4.75 | 2.75 |
2016/17_P07 | 18 Sep to 15 Oct 2016 | 5.19 | 2.69 |