| Heading: |
Railways: Concessions |
| Question ID: |
1805727 |
| UIN: |
54517 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5265 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James MacCleary
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| Asking Member handle: |
JamesMacCleary
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JamesMacCleary
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the terms for Network Railcards to enable them to be used by commuters who need to travel before 10am. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Network Railcard is designed to stimulate leisure travel and timed to encourage travel outside of the busy morning peak. There are no current plans to review railcards in advance of the transition to Great British Railways but it will have the opportu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |