Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: RRB0026 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill Railway Industry Association Written Evidence
Sep. 03 2024
Source Page: Correspondence between Transport Scotland and Department for Transport regarding extension to the Borders Rail: EIR releaseFound: Correspondence between Transport Scotland and Department for Transport regarding extension to the Borders Rail
Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: RTP0005 - Rail reform: The rail transformation programme Icomera UK Limited Written Evidence
Asked by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve rail connections in Somerton and Langport in the context of the cancellation of the Restoring Your Railway Fund.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department is undertaking a capital spend portfolio review. The review will consider a number of projects under the former Restoring Your Railway programme.
Feb. 06 2008
Source Page: Table showing the value and nature of work carried out by a number of companies for the Department for Transport and her agencies, 2004-05 to 2006-07. 6 p.Found: PROJECTS, INCLUDING ADVICE ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH ROLLING STOCK LEASING COMPANIES FOLLOWING THE "FUTURE OF RAIL
Sep. 03 2024
Source Page: Correspondence between Transport Scotland and Department for Transport regarding extension to the Borders Rail: EIR releaseFound: Correspondence between Transport Scotland and Department for Transport regarding extension to the Borders Rail
Mentions:
1: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) cheaper, easier and simpler to choose private cars over public transport.The Government’s fair fares review - Speech Link
2: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) timetable of services and a proper review of fares. - Speech Link
3: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) raised those anomalies with ministers, the response has been that there is going to be a fair fares review - Speech Link
4: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) than 5 per cent of that promised money has been spent, and we are now told that the project is under review - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) Scrapping peak fares on ScotRail has driven a shift from road to rail. - Speech Link
2: Griffin, Mark (Lab - Central Scotland) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its goal of decarbonising transport, in light of - Speech Link
3: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) to discuss the A9 dualling and I undertake, as the First Minister did, to keep the programme under review - Speech Link
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Lowering the minimum age requirement for train drivers from 20 to 18Found: regime for train driving in Great Britain following the publication of the second post implementation review
Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) rail passenger services. - Speech Link
2: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) rail passenger services. - Speech Link
3: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) That point was made in the Maier rail and urban transport review, which was recently published—I commend - Speech Link
4: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) I will take up the point made by the shadow Secretary of State about the pay review bodies. - Speech Link
5: Louise Haigh (Lab - Sheffield Heeley) Shadow Great British Railways will review performance and finances. - Speech Link