Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the affordability of cost of travel for people who work shift patterns and are on low pay and zero hours contracts; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that transport is affordable and accessible to all commuters to and from work.

We have recently introduced flexible season tickets on rail, which provide better value to most part-time commuters than buying daily tickets or traditional seasons. We have also saved a generation of passengers a third off their rail fares, including the 16-17 Saver and 26-30 Railcards and, most recently, the Veterans Railcard. These provide substantial discounts to off-peak travel that many shift workers can take advantage of.

During this Parliament the Government will invest £1.2 billion of new funding to deliver improvements in bus services, fares and infrastructure in England outside London.