Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to help ensure return train fares and tickets are maintained for commuters.

As part of the Plan for Rail, we committed to simplifying fares and modernising ticketing. We recently announced that Pay As You Go would be rolled out to 52 more stations in the south east and that we would extend simplified, single leg pricing to the rest of the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) network. Commuters using Pay As You Go in the south east will be able to tap in and out to make their return journey, and those travelling on LNER will be able to easily mix and match ticket types to get the best tickets for their return journey.