Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) Northern Rail and (b) other train operating companies proving in-house cleaning services for trains during the covid-19 outbreak.

Northern do not use sub-contractors for train cleaning. Other Train Operating Companies decide on an individual basis as to what approach they take to meeting their cleaning requirements, and so no assessment of the type referred to in the question has been made.