Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure passengers return to using (a) rail and (b) other forms of public transport once covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

As the vaccine rollout continues at pace, the priority of the Department will continue to be to provide a safe and reliable transport system. Keeping public transport networks safe, increasing public confidence and re-establishing transport demand is essential for our economic prosperity.

We will continue to monitor the impacts of COVID-19 to enable us to build back better across the whole of the UK. Understanding the longer-term changes in behaviour which result from COVID-19 will help us deliver against the Department’s longer-term priorities, such as decarbonising our transport system.