Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in rail services following the covid-19 pandemic on (a) workforces and (b) inner city economies.

The industry continues to adjust service levels as passenger demand patterns evolve following the pandemic. Nationally passenger journeys are at around 80 per cent of 2019 levels whilst train operators are providing around 90 per cent of the services they operated in 2019. We continue to work closely with operators and Network Rail to ensure that service levels remain appropriate to expected demand and deliver good value for the taxpayer.