Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the terms of reference for Professor Stephen Glaister’s independent review of the implementation of the May 2018 rail timetable includes an assessment of the role of the (a) Department for Transport and (b) Office for Rail and Road.

Yes. The terms of reference for the independent inquiry relate to the railway system as a whole, including the role of the Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Further details of the terms of reference are published on the ORR’s website: orr.gov.uk.