Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how frequent the partnership meetings between his Department and Rail North are; and who represents his Department at those meetings.

The Rail North Partnership Strategic Board currently meets on a monthly basis to oversee the work of the Partnership Management Team.

The Department’s representatives on this Board are the Markets Director, Passenger Services; the Deputy Director Midlands, North & Wales, Passenger Services; and the Programme Director, Network Services.