Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic cost of the disruption caused by the rail timetable changes introduced on (a) Northern Rail and (b) Govia Thameslink Railway from 20 May 2018.

The Secretary of State and myself are concerned about the disruption caused by the timetable changes in May and are working to ensure the industry returns to a stable timetable as quickly as possible and that passengers in the most affected areas are compensation for the disruption caused. We have commissioned an independent review of the situation and affected passengers on Northern, Thameslink and Great Northern will be offered special compensation on top of Delay Repay.