Hc 600 Reform Of The Rail Franchising Programme

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Committee Of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Railroad companies
ISBN : 9780215091352

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HC 600 - Reform of the Rail Franchising Programme by Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Committee Of Public Accounts Pdf

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.

Author : Amyas Morse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786040131

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Reform of the Rail Franchising Programme by Amyas Morse Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Committee Of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Border security
ISBN : 9780215091345

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HC 643 - e-Borders and Successor Programmes by Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Committee Of Public Accounts Pdf

On current projections the Home Office's e-Borders programme and its successors will cost over a billion pounds, be delivered 8 years late and not provide the benefits expected for transport carriers and passengers. A major reason for this delay was the termination by the Department in 2010 of its e-Borders contract with Raytheon. This had required Raytheon to deliver its own solution to meet the Department's objectives to a fixed price and timescale which turned out to be unrealistic as government had detailed and evolving requirements, and wanted high assurance that the proposed solution would work. The Department was emphatic that our borders are secure. However, the Department needs to accept that its assertion that it checks 100% of passports is both imprecise and unrealistic due to the complexity of our border. It is now five years since the e-Borders contract was cancelled yet the capabilities delivered so far still fall short of what was originally envisaged. Since 2010 the Major Projects Authority has issued seven warnings about these programmes. The Department's complacency about progress to date increases our concerns about whether the programme will be completed by 2019 as the Department now promises, and whether tangible benefits for border security, transport carriers and passengers will result.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Corporations
ISBN : 9780215091208

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HC 788 - Corporate Tax Settlements by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts Pdf

A six year investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has resulted in Google paying a further £130 million to settle its corporation tax liabilities over the last 10 years. This vindicates the previous Committee's concerns in 2012 and 2013 that Google did not appear to be paying the full tax it owed in the UK. However, in the absence of full transparency over the details of this settlement and how it was reached we cannot judge whether it is fair to taxpayers. The sum paid by Google seems disproportionately small when compared with the size of Google's business in the UK, reinforcing our concerns that the rules governing where corporation tax is paid by multinational companies do not produce a fair outcome. Google's stated desire for greater tax simplicity and transparency is at odds with the complex operational structure it has created which appears to be directed at minimising its tax liabilities. Google admits that this structure will not change as a result of this settlement.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Nervous system
ISBN : 9780215091185

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HC 502 - Services to People with Neurological Conditions: Progress Review by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts Pdf

Over 4 million people in England have a neurological condition. Services for people with these conditions are not consistently good enough, and there remains wide variation across the country in access, outcomes and patient experience. As well as affecting patients, poor care has implications for the NHS; for example, it costs �70 million to deal with emergency admissions of epilepsy patients and many of these admissions are likely to result from shortcomings in care. Neurological services remain poorly integrated with a lack of joint commissioning of health and social care. Over 40% of people with a neurological condition do not think that local services work well together, and only 12% of people have a written care plan to help coordinate their care. There has been some progress in implementing the recommendations that the previous Committee made in 2012, including the appointment of a national clinical director for adult neurology and some improvements in data. However, these changes have not yet led to demonstrable improvements in services and outcomes for patients. It is clear that neurological conditions are not a priority for the Department of Health and NHS England, and we are concerned that the progress that has been made may not be sustained. We therefore intend to review the position again later in this Parliament.

Author : Richard Brown,Great Britain: Department for Transport
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0101852622

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The Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme by Richard Brown,Great Britain: Department for Transport Pdf

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: Department for Transport
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0101867824

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Government Response to the Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme by Great Britain: Department for Transport Pdf

Dated July 2013. The Brown review published as Cm. 8526 (February 2013, ISBN 9780101852623)

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000110371501

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Passenger Rail Franchising by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Pdf

It is thirteen years since the Railways Act 1993 started the process of privatising British Rail, replacing it with one company owning and managing the infrastructure, an open-access system for freight services and a series of twenty-five passenger franchises let to private companies for a specified period of time. This period has seen almost continuous change, and there is now a new 'triumvirate' framework with the Department for Transport, the Office of Rail Regulation and Network Rail in place, with the third generation of franchises in the process of being let and the number being reduced to nineteen. The Committee's report examines the current 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. Findings include that the current system represents a policy muddle which lacks a coherent framework for the development of good services and delivery of value for money for passengers and taxpayers. The only way the Government can increase capacity and improve services for the long-term is to drop the dogmatic pursuit of competition in its decision-making as to what the private and public sectors can and should do in future. The Government's forthcoming long-term strategy for the railways will need to address these issues, and to set out a structure and a strategy capable of securing quality passenger rail services to meet demand over the next half a century.

Author : Andrew McDonald
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520916180

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Reinventing Britain by Andrew McDonald Pdf

Contrary to popular myth, Britain does have a constitution, one that is uncodified and commanded little political interest for most of the twentieth century. In the late 1990s, Tony Blair's New Labour Government launched a program of reform that was striking in its ambition. Reinventing Britain tells the story of Britain's constitutional reform and weighs its long-term significance, with essays both by officials who worked on the reforms and by other leading commentators and academics from Britain and North America. Contributors: Mark Bevir, Jack Citrin, Joseph Fletcher, Robert Hazell, Ailsa Henderson, Kate Malleson, Craig Parsons, Kenneth MacKenzie, Peter Riddell

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : English literature
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066344437

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The Examiner by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stuart Daggett
Publisher : Boston : Houghton, Mifflin
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044004822730

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Railroad Reorganization by Stuart Daggett Pdf

"Bibliographical note": p. [387]-393.

Author : Amtrak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015084933004

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National Timetable by Amtrak Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2196 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Hardware
ISBN : MINN:31951D00129015E

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Iron Age and Hardware, Iron and Industrial Reporter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Demarest Lloyd
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022666010

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Lords of Industry by Henry Demarest Lloyd Pdf

This groundbreaking study of the rise of industrial capitalism in America offers a sharp critique of the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few dominant corporations. Drawing on extensive research and firsthand knowledge of the business community, Lloyd exposes the flaws and injustices of the prevailing economic system, and argues for a more democratic and equitable society. A powerful and influential work of social criticism. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : World Bank,K. M. Gwilliam
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NWU:35556034545491

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Cities on the Move by World Bank,K. M. Gwilliam Pdf

Developing countries are urbanising rapidly, and it is estimated that within a generation more than 50 per cent of the developing world's population will live in cities. Public transport policy can contribute to reducing urban poverty both directly, by providing access and mobility for the poor, as well as by facilitating economic growth. This publication examines the nature and magnitude of urban transport problems in developing and transition economies, particularly with respect to the needs of the poor. It also suggests way the World Bank and other development agencies can best support the development of sustainable urban transport policies.