WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 103034

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) contactless and (b) pay-as-you-go ticketing on (i) fare concessions and (ii) passenger costs.

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
8 Jan 2026
Answer
8 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Transport

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) contactless and (b) pay-as-you-go ticketing on (i) fare concessions and (ii) passenger costs.

  2. 8 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Following delivery of Pay As You Go (PAYG) ticketing with contactless to further stations in the South East, we will conduct a post-delivery evaluation. This will support our understanding of the impact of these changes on various aspects of the passenger...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Channel Tunnel: Fares

7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Office of Rail and Road on the pricing of fares on cross-Channel routes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Motorways and Roads: Finance

8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how she plans to distribute the £24 billion funding to improve motorways and local roads which the Government announced on 8 January 2026.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Railways: Tickets

12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to written question 103034 answered on 8 January 2026, when she will conduct this post-delivery evaluation.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Railways: Tickets

12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to support low-income earners with transport to and from London following (a) the introduction of pay as you go ticketing in Dorking and Horley constituency and (b) price increases of between

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Railways: Tickets

12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 103034 on Railways: Tickets, if she will make an assessment of the impact of cancelling evening out return fares between Dorking and London on commuters.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Crossrail 2 Line

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to 2 January 2026 written questions 102231: Crossrail 2 Line and 102232: Crossrail 2 Line, if she will use the analysis of the lessons learned from the success of the Elizabeth Line to assess other rail

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Channel Tunnel: Fares

22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2026 to Question 104026 on 7 January 2026 on Channel Tunnel: Fares, what discussions she has had with the Office for Road and Rail on (a) consumer protection and (b) customer

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Brighton Main Line: Greater London

22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what alternative schemes she is considering that will address the capacity issues on the Brighton Main Line, namely around Reigate and the Selhurst Triangle, which would have been addressed by the Croydon Area

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Highway Code: Publicity

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to undertake a public awareness campaign to promote the new Highway Code rules as part of the Road Safety strategy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving Licences: Digital Technology

2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the new digital service will handle applications with greater efficiency and consistency to tackle to backlog in medical license issues and renewal wait times.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tunnels: Bradford

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the value for money of the decision by National Highways to block up the Queensbury Tunnel in the Bradford Metropolitan District.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Bicycles: Accidents

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to review the legal requirements for e-bike identification and rider accountability, in light of the challenges in prosecuting riders involved in serious collisions with pedestrian