Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential uses for electric rolling stock which is non-compliant with disability access legislation for freight.

Any passenger rolling stock that did not meet the relevant accessibility regulations was returned to their respective owner prior to 31 December 2021. One such owner, Varamis Rail, has been successful in launching a freight service using converted Class 321 units following First of a Kind funding from the Department for Transport, in partnership with Innovate UK.