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1467339

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the cost of rail travel on people's choice of transport; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the cost of tickets to make rail a cheaper and more accessible travel option.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	11750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department takes guidance from the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook on the effects of changes to fares on rail demand. There are a number of factors which impact passenger demand, including most notably in recent times the pandemic’s impact on passenger travel.</p><p>Whilst rail fares affect each passenger slightly differently, we have a number of railcards in place that offer discounts against most rail fares. We have saved a generation of passengers at least a third off their fares through the 16-17 and 26-30 ‘millennial’ railcard and went even further in November 2020 by extending these savings to former servicemen and women through a new Veterans Railcard.</p><p>More recently, we launched the Great British Rail Sale, the first ever nationwide rail sale. Over 1.3 million tickets were sold, offering around £7million worth of savings for passengers.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/06/2022 11:04:56 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467340

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will reduce the cost of rail travel for families and make it competitive with road use.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	11751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>When comparing the difference in costs when travelling using the railway or road network then the costs of driving, such as every day running costs, depreciation and insurance of a vehicle should also be taken into consideration.</p><p>There are a number of railcards available that offer discounts against most rail fares, including the Family and Friends Railcard which offers a third off rail fares for adults and 60 per cent off rail fares for children.</p><p>More recently, we launched the Great British Rail Sale, the first ever nationwide rail sale. The Great British Rail Sale helped save families money and connect them with friends and families. Over 1.3 million tickets were sold, offering around £7million worth of savings for passengers.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/06/2022 10:17:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467669

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the cost of rail fares in order to increase travel on railways, as the German government has recently announced it will do.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>We have launched a number of measures to help passengers save on rail fares. Most recently, we launched the Great British Rail Sale, the first ever nationwide rail sale. Over 1.3 million tickets were sold, offering around £7 million worth of savings for passengers. A number of railcards are also available to passengers that offer discounts on most rail fares.</p><p>Taxpayers also provided significant financial support to keep trains running throughout the pandemic, with Government having committed almost £16 billion since March 2020 to ensure vital services continued to run and key workers were able to keep using them. It is important now to put rail finances back on a sustainable footing in a way that is fair to passengers and taxpayers as we recover from the pandemic.</p><p>Any new rail fare discounts need to be carefully balanced for their potential impacts on passengers, taxpayers and the railway.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/06/2022 08:14:14 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1468137

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of lowering rail fares on (a) the level of railway use and (b) social mobility.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>We already have a number of measures in place which help passengers to save on rail fares. Most recently, we launched the Great British Rail Sale, the first ever nationwide rail sale. Over 1.3 million tickets were sold, offering around £7 million worth of savings for passengers.</p><p>Young and student travellers, disabled passengers and those over 60 are also offered discounted travel as a requirement of the Railways Act 1993 (Section 28(3)) as amended, because they are likely to be earning less than adults of typical working age. The Act requires that all train operating companies participate in certain approved discount card schemes. A number of railcards are available, offering discounts against most rail fares, which includes passengers from these groups.</p><p>Taxpayers provided significant financial support to keep trains running throughout the pandemic, with the Government having committed almost £16 billion since March 2020 to ensure vital services continued to run and key workers were able to keep using them. It is important now to put rail finances back on a sustainable footing in a way that is fair to passengers and taxpayers as we recover from the pandemic.</p><p>Any new rail fare discounts need to be carefully balanced for their potential impacts on passengers, taxpayers and the railway.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/06/2022 12:39:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1628028

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on rail passengers of rolling out single leg rail pricing across the rail network.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	185316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We have committed to carefully considering the results of the LNER single leg pricing rollout before extending more widely. We will evaluate the impact of the extension and publish this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/05/2023 09:01:40 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1417311

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of train fares in (a) the West Midlands and (b) across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	113260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Increases to regulated rail fares in England will be capped and tied to the Retail Price Index (RPI) figure for July 2021 (3.8 per cent). The Government has deliberately continued to use the July RPI figure as it was lower than subsequent months. In addition, as in 2021, we have temporarily frozen fares for passengers to travel at the lower price for the entirety of January and February 2022, with fares changing on 1 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The fares rise in the West Midlands will be in line with the national rise. Rail fares outside England are a devolved matter and decisions regarding fares increases are for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently introduced flexible season rail tickets, in England, which provide better value to most two to three day-a-week commuters than buying daily tickets or traditional seasons. We have also saved a generation of passengers a third off their rail fares, including the 16-17 Saver and 26-30 Railcards and, most recently, the Veterans Railcard. Railcard discounts are available UK wide.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/02/2022 17:18:13 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1201940

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the latest recorded level of monthly fare revenues received by English train operating companies is; and how that data compares to the same revenues in January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	57051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on passenger ticket revenue is collected by LENNON, the rail industry ticket sales database. The data held within LENNON is provided to the Department on a commercially confidential basis and is not publicly available. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publish aggregated information on passenger revenue from LENNON as a part of their quarterly rail usage statistics.</p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/06/2020 14:39:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1144456

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the equity of the most recent rise in rail ticket prices.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	286203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government does understand the concern about the cost of some rail fares and the impact that this can have on people’s budgets. This is why the Government has ensured that regulated rail fares can rise by no more than inflation for the last six years. While this change is unwelcome, it is not fair to ask people who do not use trains to pay more for those who do. Taxpayers already subsidise the network by more than £4bn a year – (54% of our transport budget is spent on the 2% of journeys that rail accounts for).</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:33:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1416086

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the cost of rail tickets relative to average incomes in each region of the UK; and what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of rail travel.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>Rail fare increases are calculated with reference to inflation rather than average income. This year rail fares increases will be capped and tied to the Retail Price Index (RPI) figure for July 2021 (3.8 per cent). The Government has deliberately continued to use the July figure as it was lower than the months since, as an August or September RPI figure would have led to a 4.8 per cent or 4.9 per cent, change with October being even higher at 6 per cent.</p><p>The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, published May 2021, contains a number of passenger-focused reforms that will bring in improved services and encourage the use of rail. The Spending Review 2021 confirmed £5.7 billion of funding over three years to support essential rail services, and will see the Government investing £360 million in modernising ticketing and retailing systems, delivering a major overhaul to the way in which rail travel is bought and paid for.</p><p>We have recently introduced flexible season tickets on rail, which provide better value to most part-time commuters than buying daily tickets or traditional seasons. We have also saved a generation of passengers a third off their rail fares, including the 16-17 Saver and 26-30 Railcards and, most recently, the Veterans Railcard.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 27/01/2022 14:32:05 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1400103

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental assessments and estimates were made on the effect of carbon emissions as part of the decision to allow rail fares to increase by 3.8 per cent. in March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	98523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department considers many factors when assessing the impact of a fares change, notably the impacts on passengers and taxpayers. Whilst no specific assessment of environmental impacts was made, as the Department chose to hold fares to the Retail Prices Index (RPI) from last summer rather than the follow the previous year’s RPI + 1 per cent, it is likely that this decision would make rail travel more attractive than it would otherwise have been, which would have a positive effect on the environment by reducing carbon emissions from other transport modes.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2022 10:29:31 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols