Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money Network Rail has allocated for compensation to (a) Northern Rail Franchisee and (b) passengers.

Northern and TransPennine Express have announced special compensation schemes, funded by the rail industry, for passengers severely affected by the disruption around the May timetable change. This was agreed by the Department for Transport and Transport for the North which co-manage these two franchises. The scheme is being funded via existing budgets that were allocated to Network Rail but will now be diverted. The details of the full compensation package are still being finalised.