§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will assess the benefits of abolishing the void days rule that allows rail companies to exclude certain performance data from their published figures. [87862]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonNo days are excluded from the Opraf financial incentive/penalty schemes on the grounds of failure to provide an effective service. Neither are days taken out of the Opraf contractual threshold for cancellations on these grounds.
Opraf are aware that the omission of void days from the Passenger's Charter performance statistics does not give a comprehensive picture of the overall performance of the Train Operating Companies and is consulting widely within the rail industry with a view to devising a better method of presenting performance data.