Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of when service frequencies on the Stansted Express will return to pre-covid-19 levels.

Greater Anglia is continuing to monitor passenger numbers on a regular basis and are making adjustments to services if required. At present, new trains on the Stansted service are providing sufficient capacity throughout the day with spare seats on all services and Greater Anglia recently added a 05:25 service, calling at Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport. Looking forwards, if there is sufficient demand and an overall positive financial case for further services then we would expect Greater Anglia to look at how best to respond to that situation. Additional services must be targeted and provide value for money for the taxpayer.