Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are carrying out a review of railway ticketing systems; and if so, who is responsible for that review, and when it will conclude.

While the Department for Transport closely monitors the ticketing systems operated by the rail industry, and is investing £80m this year to ensure that passengers may travel without a paper ticket on almost all of the GB rail network, there is no specific review currently underway. However, the Office of Rail and Road is conducting a market study under the Competition Act 1998 into the ticketing systems market.