Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) total, (b) resource and (c) staffing cost to the public purse for the (i) total work, (ii) impact assessments and (iii) discussions with (A) transport watchdogs and (B) rail operators undertaken by his Department to scrutinise the proposals by train operating companies to close ticket offices.

This was an industry led consultation.