Asked by: Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with train operators on disruption to (a) services and (b) timetables following the worldwide IT outage on 19 July 2024.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
My officials were in touch with ToCs at the time. As the Minister (Ellie Reeves, Minister without Portfolio) said in her statement to the House of Commons on Monday 22 July, the transport sector will review its response and implement any learnings.
The Cabinet Office has led a review of the incident, identifying lessons. The Department has engaged with this process and will implement recommendations with the transport sector, including the rail industry and train operating companies, as appropriate.
Mentions:
1: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) This Government are currently reviewing the position that they have inherited on rail infrastructure - Speech Link
2: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) Following the cancellation of HS2 phase 2, the Government are looking at all options to improve rail - Speech Link
3: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) It has been found for the pay offer for the rail drivers. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) On future progress, the Government must review the railway as a whole. It is a network. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: RRB0074 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill The Scottish Government Written Evidence
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: RRB0058 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill WSP UK Written Evidence
Mentions:
1: Louise Haigh (Lab - Sheffield Heeley) three Tory Transport Secretaries, we were promised reform, yet, three years after Keith Williams’s review - Speech Link
2: Louise Haigh (Lab - Sheffield Heeley) ask it to do a more comprehensive review to see whether there is further it can do. - Speech Link
3: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) That is why we commissioned a review and set out ambitious plans for reform, including the Great British - Speech Link
4: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) That is why we conducted a major review of our railway services and how they operate, and suggested a - Speech Link
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: Report 10/2024: Overspeed at Spital Junction, PeterboroughFound: The second recommendation asks Network Rail and train operators to review the processes by which they
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: Report 10/2024: Overspeed at Spital Junction, PeterboroughFound: The second recommendation asks Network Rail and train operators to review the processes by which they
Found: of the impact of the Act on the performance and efficiency of the UK rail network
Found: of the impact of the Act on the performance and efficiency of the UK rail network
Found: of the impact of the Act on the performance and efficiency of the UK rail network