Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to invest in rolling stock across c2c rail services during the remainder of this Parliament.

The recently published Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy sets out a new, long-term, whole-system approach to decisions about passenger trains and the infrastructure that supports them, focused on delivering better outcomes for passengers and taxpayers.

c2c is currently assessing the feasibility and affordability of an interior refurbishment programme for its Class 357 fleet. Any such programme would be subject to approval and, if taken forward, would not be completed before 2030.