Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the data provided by Govia Thameslink Railway, in respect of his Department's assessment of force majeure, on the number of train cancellations will be the same data that has been verified by the Train Running Under System used by Network rail, the train operating companies and the Office of Rail and Road.

Yes. The data providing the number of cancellations is derived from the industry system which captures train running data across the industry.