Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to the Mayor of London on reinstating the night time underground service.

Responsibility for transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and TFL, with the Government paying over £4bn in emergency funding to keep TfL services running during the coronavirus pandemic and to support London’s economic recovery. TfL announced on 14 October that the Night Tube will resume on Central and Victoria lines on 27 November. Should TfL wish to open further lines of the Night Tube while in receipt of emergency government funding, they will need to demonstrate how service level enhancements will be financed, given their current reliance on the national taxpayer, many of whom do not benefit from a London-style, 24-hour transport network.