Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for the (a) recruitment of additional drivers for (i) Thameslink and (ii) Great Northern Railway this year and (b) completion of training of those drivers and deployment onto active services.

The Department for Transport has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.