Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure that rail services have enough seating capacity for all expected passengers.

We are working with train operators to ensure that timetables provide capacity where it is most needed. Operators are currently running around 88% of pre-COVID-19 services, while passenger journeys remained under 60% of pre-COVID-19 levels since the end of November.