Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on smart ticketing schemes in the rail industry in each year since 2010-11; and how many smart ticketing projects were completed in that time.

The ITSO on Prestige programme was officially accepted in August 2014. The implementation costs of this programme were £66.3m, and the operational costs of this programme since 2010/11 are as follows:

Operational Expenditure Costs

2012/13 - £2.36m;

2013/14 - £4.8m;

2014/15 - £2.94m;

2015/16 - £2.85m.

The Department has also invested in the South East Flexible Ticketing (SEFT) programme. The spend on this programme since 2010/11 are as follows:

2012/13 - £1.5m;

2013/14 - £8.2m;

2014/15 - £16.5m;

2015/16 – £21.5m.

The SEFT programme has supported smart ticketing deployment for season tickets on Abellio Greater Anglia, C2C, South West Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway and Southeastern.