Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of his Department’s planned size for the East Coast Main Line Long Distance High Speed rail fleet operating to and from (a) London King’s Cross, (b) Leeds and (c) Edinburgh in each of the five years from 2023.

Each train operator contracted by the Department for Transport is required to submit an Annual Business Plan. Draft fleet plans for the period from 2023 to 2028 have just been received from train operators and are being reviewed. The information in these plans is commercially confidential.