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Author | : Great Britain: Department for Transport |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2013-07-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780101867825 |
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Dated July 2013. The Brown review published as Cm. 8526 (February 2013, ISBN 9780101852623)
Author | : Richard Brown |
Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2013-01-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780101852623 |
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The competition held by the Department for Transport to award a new InterCity West Coast franchise in 2012 was intended to be the first in the most extensive programme of franchising since privatisation. Significant errors were made by the Department during the competition, which not only caused the cancellation of that franchise award at considerable public expense but also called into question the remaining franchising programme. This report is the second of two independent reviews commissioned by the Government, by Richard Brown, the Chairman of Eurostar. It concludes that franchising is a fundamentally sound approach for securing the passenger railway services on which so many people rely. His recommendations include: that the franchising programme should be restarted as soon as possible, but at a pace that both the department and the industry can sustain; that franchise terms should be determined by the circumstances and size of each individual franchise; proposals to strengthen and simplify the bidding and evaluation process for each franchise; proposals for the financial and contractual structure of future franchises, including in relation to risk allocation and capital requirements; and that the government should plan to devolve responsibility for further English franchises to the relevant authorities. Mr Brown also makes recommendations on how to strengthen the department's capability to manage the future franchising programme, echoing the findings of Sam Laidlaw's independent inquiry into the lessons to be learnt from the InterCity West Coast competition. The review also recommends that the Government should determine, by February, plans for the three franchise competitions which were put on hold
Author | : Great Britain. Parliament |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 2013-01-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780101852722 |
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Dated January 2013. Supplement to Cm. 8526 (ISBN 9780101852623) fulfilling the Secretary of State's commitment to publish paragraphs 8.13 to 8.20 which were redacted from the original report, along with a corrected Appendix E
Author | : Great Britain. Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780101547222 |
Download Passenger Rail Franchising and the Future of Railway Infrastructure Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts |
Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0215091353 |
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The last time we discussed rail franchising was in 2012, in the wake of the collapsed competition for the InterCity West Coast franchise. We are encouraged that, since then, the Department for Transport has strengthened its capability to let franchises, but there are still gaps in its ability to then manage the contracts effectively. The Department's increased focus on the passenger experience is also welcome, but it is unclear when passengers themselves will actually see the benefits. Furthermore, the Department has not yet developed the partnerships with operators that are required to support innovation, improve efficiency and improve services for passengers. Successful rail franchising depends on strong interest from the market and effective competition but there are barriers to entry to the UK market and the possibility that current participants in the market may drop out. Any reduction to the current level of competition is a major risk to securing value for money for the taxpayer. Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Department is to manage the complex interdependencies between passenger rail franchises, the infrastructure that train services run on and the introduction of new fleets of trains to the network. Uncertainty about infrastructure work has resulted in delays to franchise competitions and the Department will have to rely on potentially expensive changes to franchises during the life of contracts. The Department's role is to provide a strategic lead for the complex rail system but it has not yet shown that it has embraced this role. It needs to provide a coherent strategic vision and stronger leadership to ensure that the investment decisions it makes now do not result in increased costs in the long term.
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Release | : 2002 |
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Download The Government's Response to the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee Report Passenger Rail Franchising and the Future of Railway Infrastructure Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Amyas Morse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781786040138 |
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Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Great Britain. Department for Transport |
Publisher | : Stationery Office/Tso |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780108510113 |
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Reforming rail franchises (DfT, 2010) included proposals for longer franchises, less detailed specifications, more private investment and alternative risk/reward mechanisms. This document outlines the general thrust of responses to the proposals and gives the resulting revised Government policies in the areas of: franchise length; franchise risk and reward; performance bonds and parental guarantees; specification on train services; crowding; service quality; other government bodies; investment; pre-qualification; after qualification; franchise award; managing and performance.
Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 2007-01-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780215032317 |
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This document sets out the Government's reply to the Committee's report (HCP 1354, session 2005-06; ISBN 9780215031105), published in November 2006, which examined the current rail franchising system, focusing on the coherence of its objectives, the effectiveness of the process for awarding franchises and the management of franchise agreements, and whether more competition and vertical integration is needed. Amongst its responses, the Government notes its disagreement with the Committee's conclusions that it is engaged in "the dogmatic pursuit of competition where competition is not possible" in the current rail franchising system.