Question follow-through · 59827
Railways: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the percentage of first class train seats that were purchased in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the percentage of first class train seats that were purchased in the last 12 months.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department has not made an assessment of the percentage of first class train tickets sold within the last 12 months.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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