Friday 2 March

Venue: 17 Church Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4DD
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Parking: There is no parking available on the site, however, public car parks are within walking distance.
No appointment necessary.

Friday 16 March

Venue: The Children’s Centre, Crayford Temple Grove Primary School, Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4RS (next to the new Secondary School)
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Access: Access to the car park and the site is via Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4RS.
No appointment necessary.

Good Friday, 6 April

No surgery – see below for alternative date

Wednesday 11 April

Venue: 17 Church Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4DD
Time: 10am – Midday
Please ring 020 7219 8403 for an appointment.

Friday 20 April

Venue: The Children’s Centre, Crayford Temple Grove Primary School, Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4RS (next to the new Secondary School)
Time: 4pm – 6pm
No appointment necessary.

The programme will then return to normal for the rest of the year, namely May, June, July, September, October, November and December, on the first and third Fridays of the month in Bexleyheath and Crayford.

During the visit, Mr Evennett met with Managing Director Andy McLeod and Commercial Director Peter Shawyer to learn about their innovative products and tour the site.

He also agreed to nominate the company for inclusion on the Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group’s Made by Britain map, for their work on projects such as NEPTUNE.

On his nomination form, Mr Evennett said “The NEPTUNE project, that Texcel has provided power and switching solutions for, will help develop our understanding of the ocean and the many biological, chemical, physical and geological events that take place. I am pleased that a successful firm in my constituency has designed and manufactured such innovative components for this important project.”

Peter Shawyer, Texcel’s Commercial Director said “These projects have been great for Texcel, firstly they were interesting and fun working with the other team members, but we have been able to develop a niche solution, based upon our high reliability design and manufacturing expertise, which I am sure other customers will want to benefit from”.

Pictured are Andy McLeod, David Evennett MP and Peter Shawyer.

There are 2.7 million people in the UK currently living with Heart disease and funds raised during National Heart Month go towards saving lives through pioneering research and patient care.

Mr Evennett is pictured supporting the British Heart Foundation’s ‘Red for Heart’ campaign.

Construct opened in September 2011 offering construction courses to students from The Business Academy and other local schools interested in a vocational career.

Mr Evennett spoke with students about training opportunities and the advantages of work-based learning.

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Mr Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment she has made of overcrowding on Southeastern Railway services; and what representations she has received on this issue. [93048]

Norman Baker: Southeastern, under the terms of its franchise agreement, are required to carry out passenger counts to enable them to plan and deploy their rolling stock fleet to best meet passenger demand. Southeastern submit morning and evening peak train plans to the Department for each timetable change which are assessed using the passenger counts to determine crowding.

These assessments contain commercially confidential information and are not published, but the Department uses the data as the base for strategic forecasts of peak demand change. The latest assessment for Southeastern was for the December 2011 timetable change.

Statistics on train crowding are published by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in the National Rail Trends (NRT) Yearbook, which is available from the ORR website

http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.2026

On the specific issue of crowding on Southeastern’s services, during the last four months our records show four representations from two members of the public.

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Mr Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects to begin the tendering process for the next Integrated Kent Franchise agreement. [91993]

Mrs Villiers: The Department normally begins the formal process for retendering for new franchises around 18 months before the new commencement date. We have not yet made any formal announcement regarding the timescales for the new Integrated Kent Franchise which is due to start on 1 April 2014.

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Mr Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations she has received on the performance of Southeastern Railway. [91889]

Norman Baker: Since 16 October 2011, the Department has received a total of seven representations about the performance of Southeastern—three from Members of Parliament and four from members of the public.

The representations covered delays to trains, crowding and compensation arrangements.