Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Luton Airport expansion on Thameslink services.

Luton Airport Parkway station is well served with up to eight Thameslink and two East Midlands Railway trains an hour to and from the station.

Most passenger demand for the airport is either in the off-peak period or in the contra-peak direction, when trains are typically less busy.

The two train operators for the station, Govia Thameslink Railway and East Midlands Railway, were involved in the planning process for the airport expansion plans, including in relation to their ability to provide sufficient capacity to meet expected changes in demand.