Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of smart ticketing on the number of journeys undertaken on public transport in the North.
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.