Lilian Greenwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to abolish the network grant; and whether he plans that subsidy will be channelled through train-operating companies instead of Network Rail during the remaining years of Control Period 5.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 4926, whether any of the meetings referred to in that Answer included meetings with representatives from (a) pension funds based outside the UK, (b) sovereign w...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure, by category of expenditure, was incurred by Directly Operated Railways in connection with the South West Trains Direct Award negotiations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Directly Operational Railways has undertaken any work in relation to the East Midlands franchise in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason he has decided not to proceed with a Direct Award to South West Trains.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail plans to continue its apprenticeship programme in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and what the annual budget is for that programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the minutes of the Network Rail board meeting on 22 January 2015, on what date in January 2015 he held a meeting with Richard Parry-Jones at which his special advisor and his Department's Perm...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 4905, whether the forecasts provided by Network Rail in March 2015 for Control Period 5 delivery volumes and costs also included enhancements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the terms of reference for Sir Peter Hendy's report on the rail investment programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to his Department has been of negotiating a Direct Award agreement with South West Trains.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost-benefit ratios were for (a) Midland Main Line electrification and (b) TransPennine electrification on the most recent date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4428, what estimate he has made of the cost to Network Rail of cancelling or altering contracts in relation to (a) Midland Main Line electrification and (b) Tra...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what net funding his Department (a) has made and (b) expects to make available to Network Rail in each year of Control Period 5.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4666, whether he held a substantive conversation with the Prime Minister prior to 14 April 2015 on Network Rail cost overruns and the potential deferral of majo...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3925, whether the potential fares simplification that can take place on the Northern franchise without the use of flex will include regulated fares.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the saving to Network Rail is in Control Period 5 of not proceeding with (a) Midland Main Line electrification and (b) TransPennine electrification during that Control Period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department received from Network Rail a (a) final and (b) draft updated Control Period 5 Delivery Plan between 1 December 2014 and 30 March 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current gap is between Network Rail's Control Period 5 funding and the company's expected total outlay during that Control Period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, which of the Midland Main Line speed improvement works referenced in that statement are additional to projects al...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail's total expenditure has been to date on (a) TransPennine and (b) Midland Main Line electrification.