Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responsibility his Department has for improving telecommunications across the rail network compared with that of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is leading on the manifesto commitment to improve passenger connectivity, as part of the government’s digital strategy. The Department for Transport is working closely with DCMS to deliver this commitment and to improve passenger connectivity when franchises are renewed.