Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which regions smart ticketing for public transport in the North will be introduced during (a) a trial period and (b) full roll-out.

In November 2015 the Government committed £150m for Transport for the North (TfN) to deliver multi-modal smart ticketing across the North of England.

TfN are preparing a business case for the programme, which will set out its scope and plan for rollout, costs and benefits and the necessary arrangements with passenger transport operators.