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1714035

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date	26/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of closing train ticket offices on (a) elderly and (b) disabled passengers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	23913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In October 2023, the Government communicated to the industry that no ticket offices should close following consultation when it became clear that industry-led proposals did not meet the high thresholds for service set by Ministers. The consultation raised several important issues which we are working with the industry on, including the modernisation of fares and ticketing and improving accessibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 23914 23915 question first answered 30/04/2024 11:30:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1714038

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help support rail passengers who do not have access to digital ticketing, in the context of proposals to close ticket offices.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	23915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In October 2023, the Government communicated to the industry that no ticket offices should close following consultation when it became clear that industry-led proposals did not meet the high thresholds for service set by Ministers. The consultation raised several important issues which we are working with the industry on, including the modernisation of fares and ticketing and improving accessibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 23913 23914 question first answered 30/04/2024 11:30:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi