Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on improving mobile phone coverage on the Midland Main Line.

There has been no discussion with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport with regard to East Midlands Railway’s mobile phone coverage on the Midland Main Line. However, my officials are engaging with DCMS to encourage the importance of good connectivity on a wider scale and ways to improve it.