Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the rail contract between the Department for Transport and First Trans Pennine Express Limited, how many train drivers were required to be recruited to deliver the planned passenger services in that contract; and how many of those drivers have been recruited to date.
TransPennine Express required 48 additional drivers in support of the TransPennine Route Upgrade and 14 in support of the Manchester Recovery Task Force. These have all been recruited.