Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of stations do not have contactless ticketing capability in (a) each region and (b) the UK.

There are approximately 390 stations across Great Britain which are enabled to use contactless PAYG currently. A further 53 stations in the South East will have contactless PAYG by the end of the year. This means 17 per cent of stations will be contactless ticketing enabled by the end of the year, of which 76 per cent are in London, 12 per cent in the South East and 12 per cent in the East of England.

The government is committed to rolling out PAYG in other areas of the country. For example, through the Trailblazer Devolution Deals announced in March 2023, we have committed to working with Transport for Greater Manchester and West Midlands to progress PAYG ticketing and infrastructure pilots by the end of 2023.