Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their anticipated timescale for the introduction of a reformed fare structure for rail throughout England; and when do they plan to introduce integrated ticketing for rail passengers.

The Government has made clear that we want to simplify the current mass of complicated fares and tickets, whilst protecting affordable turn up and go tickets and season tickets. We have already made progress on fares reforms, for example introducing flexible season tickets last year and introducing a trial of single leg pricing on LNER and are also working with stakeholders and local authorities on proposals for Pay-As-You-Go in urban areas.