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Written Question
Chorley Station: Access
Tuesday 1st April 2025

Asked by: Paul Foster (Labour - South Ribble)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on when accessibility improvement works will commence at Chorley railway station.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Northern Trains Ltd and Network Rail took the decision to remove the previous contractor due to serious on-site safety concerns and remedial works have taken place. Urgent work is underway to consider how best to deliver accessibility improvements at Chorley station – MPs and other stakeholders will be updated once a viable strategy has been identified.

Written Question
M6: Accidents
Monday 17th March 2025

Asked by: Paul Foster (Labour - South Ribble)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of road traffic accidents leading to a fatality on the M6 motorway within Lancashire since 2022.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The number of fatal road collisions reported to police which occurred on the M6 within Lancashire was 2 in 2022 with none in 2023. 2023 is the latest year for which figures are available.

Written Question
Avanti West Coast: Compensation
Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Asked by: Paul Foster (Labour - South Ribble)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much compensation was paid under the delay repay scheme for journeys on Avanti West Coast in 2024; and how much and what proportion of this compensation was paid from the public purse.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Annual Delay Repay compensation figures are published by Financial Year for train operating companies on the Government website at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/train-operating-companies-passengers-charter-compensation/train-operating-companies-passengers-charter-compensation

Further compensation figures will be available later in the year.

Avanti West Coast also publishes periodic Delay Repay compensation paid out to passengers on its website at the following link:

https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/help-and-support/delay-repay#:~:text=You%20can%20claim%20Delay%20Repay%20if%20your%20journey,calculated%20against%20the%20scheduled%20timetable%20on%20the%20day.

Under the terms of the National Rail Contract, the Department ordinarily funds all Delay Repay spend.