Question follow-through · 7195
Fares: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help lower ticket prices across the north of England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help lower ticket prices across the north of England.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
Affordability is one of our key objectives – so that prices are kept, wherever possible, at a point that works for both passengers and taxpayers. We are committed to reviewing the overcomplicated fares system with a view to simplifying it and will explore...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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