Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to require railway (a) ticket offices and (b) electronic vending machines to accept cash payments.

Ticket offices already accept multiple forms of payments including cash and some Ticket Vending Machines also accept cash. We will ensure that all passengers are able to continue to use cash to purchase tickets as work to modernise the retail and passenger experience at stations continues.