Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.46 of the Autumn Budget 2017, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people aged 26 to 30 who will benefit from the proposed introduction of a new discount railcard for that age group in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East.

The government is working with industry to extend the benefits of discounted travel. The Department has not made estimates of the number of people who will benefit from the proposed railcard on such a geographic basis. All people aged 26 to 30 who purchase a card would be eligible for discounted rail travel under the proposal.