Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 2411, since 13 May 2021, in how many instances were Hitachi's Intercity Class 800 series trains found to have failings or structural defects in three or more joints.

Hitachi’s Intercity Class 800 series are inspected each day. If a train shows any risk to safe operation, be it from a single, or from multiple failures, it is recorded as unfit and prevented from entering service. The regime for checking structural defects has been cleared by Hitachi, all train operators, and has been overseen by the independent Office of Rail and Road.