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Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Business and Trade

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Smarter regulation: one year on
Document: (PDF)

Found: made legislation maintaining and clarifying protections relating to compensation and assistance for passengers

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Transport

May. 16 2024

Source Page: All aboard: new proposal aims to attract more young train drivers
Document: All aboard: new proposal aims to attract more young train drivers (webpage)

Found: Opening up the sector to young people could therefore be a positive step and benefit passengers directly

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Transport

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Lowering the minimum age requirement for train drivers from 20 to 18
Document: (PDF)

Found: drivers from 20 to 18 years 4 Ministerial Fo reword Britain h as one of the safest railways

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Samantha Dixon (Lab - City of Chester) What steps he is taking to help improve the reliability of rail services for passengers. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) What steps he is taking to help improve the reliability of rail services for passengers. - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Contrast that with the passenger-in-chief approach of meddling with the railways and indeed of a resource-led - Speech Link
4: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) In the five years since the Government first admitted that reform of our railways was needed, passenger - Speech Link
5: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) privatisation—nationalisation would reverse this—passenger numbers have doubled, and £100 billion has been invested in the railways - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Ministry of Justice

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023
Document: (Excel)

Found: against the person6.1 Endangering Railway Passenger - indictable only0060200602 - Endangering railway passengers

Written Question
Railways: Passengers
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any operators have lost their accreditation to the Safeguarding on Rail Scheme.

Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Since the first Safeguarding on Rail Scheme accreditation for Great Western Railway (GWR) in 2021, no rail operator has lost their accreditation.

Bill Documents
15 May 2024 - Amendment Paper
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 15 May 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24

Found: guns etc with intent to do grievous bodily harm) • section 32 (endangering safety of railway passengers

Select Committee
National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT), and ASLEF

Oral Evidence May. 14 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: There should be a voice, but there should also be a voice for the passengers.

Bill Documents
14 May 2024 - Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24

Found: effect as if that reference were a reference to a place within section 31(1)(a) to (f) of the Railways

Bill Documents
14 May 2024 - Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024 - large print
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24

Found: has effect as if that reference were a reference to a place within section 31(1) (a) to (f) of the Railways