Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of providing free train travel for serving and former Armed Forces personnel to attend remembrance services.

The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of Veterans or Military Personnel using free rail travel to Remembrance events in previous years. Those travelling in their uniform or who held appropriate verification will have been able to travel for free without requiring a ticket to be issued.

We will continue to offer free rail travel to Military Personnel and Veterans travelling to Remembrance events this year.