Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of plans to increase rail fares in 2023 on passengers from Hull.

The Government recognises the challenges passengers are facing this year with the cost of living, including those travelling to and from Hull. This is why we have delivered the biggest Government intervention on rail fares since privatisation, by capping increases to regulated fares at 5.9 per cent, 6.4 percentage points below July 2022’s Retail Prices Index figure.