Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the number of cleaners employed by (a) Mitie and (b) Interserve to clean Network Rail’s stations and estates has increased as part of the response to tackle the covid-19 outbreak.

Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the total number of cleaners, including Mitie and Interserve staff working across the Network Rail station estate totalled 653. To cope with an increase in demand, this number has increased to 674.