Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) hours of staff time and (b) cost to his Department of the negotiating rounds with Transport for London in relation to the setting of Extraordinary Funding and Financing Agreements since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

Since the start of the pandemic, the Government has provided Transport for London (TfL) with over £4.5bn of emergency funding support. Staffing and resources for the preparation and monitoring of these funding agreements is proportionate to the overall demand it places on the Department. This is regularly reviewed to ensure the resources in place are appropriate.