Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passenger journeys on South Western Railways that were affected by services that were cancelled in every four week rail period since the start of 2024.

The Department does not hold data on the number of passenger journeys that were affected by cancelled services.

We recognise that South Western Railways (SWR) performance before and after public ownership has been below the standard passengers deserve. Public ownership is not a silver bullet, and SWR entered public ownership with rolling stock issues and driver shortages inherited from the previous owning group, which will take time to address.