Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55493, what progress has been made on extending the availability of the HM Forces Railcard since the meeting of the Rail Delivery Group in December 2016.

This issue was raised at meeting with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) in December 2016.

The Railcard is administered by Ministry of Defence (MOD) Human Resources personnel so the cost of a Railcard to Service personnel is considerably cheaper than the cost of cards administered by Train Company personnel.

The position remains unchanged since 2013 as a Railcard is a concession given by the Rail Companies and the MOD has no power on the decisions made by the commercial Rail Companies.