Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending contactless rail payment upgrades to stations in Surrey Heath constituency.

This Government wants to improve passenger experience and strive towards enhancing and improving ticketing. We are delivering on extensions to Pay As You Go (PAYG) with contactless ticketing to an additional 50 stations on the 14 December in the Southeast.

Whilst initial delivery does not include upgrades to stations in the Surrey Heath constituency, I would like to assure you that our commitment to improving ticketing for passengers does not end with this tranche of stations. As such, we are considering a number of factors to determine which stations will be included in future phases of PAYG with contactless rollout. We will announce further details in due course.