Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway routes have been canvassed by staff from (a) his Department and (b) Savanta for the purpose of carrying out surveys to understand rail passengers’ travel patterns since 7 June 2022; and which routes were canvassed.

Departmental staff have not canvassed passengers as part of the research.

To date, Savanta has gathered views from passengers on 140 routes. A final list of routes to be surveyed will be selected with the aim of ensuring that the overall sample is as representative of journeys on each train operating company.