Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the next review point of Southern's contract is which would enable the contract to be cancelled without penalty.

Whilst Southern is used as an operating name by the franchisee, it is in fact part of Govia Thameslink Railway Limited, which operates the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) Franchise.

There are no review points under the TSGN Franchise Agreement. Schedule 10.2 of the Franchise Agreement sets out the termination provisions

(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488198/tsgn-franchise-agreement.pdf).