Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2021, published on 22 September 2022, when he plans to reintroduce the reporting of overcrowding and passenger standing measures, which were not detailed in that statistics release.

The reporting of crowding and passenger standing measures were included within the set of tables published as part of ‘Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2021’ national statistics. This information is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2021/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2021

Data tables RAI0212 and RAI0213 summarise the number of services with passengers in excess of capacity for regional cities and London stations respectively.

A discussion of crowding measures was omitted from the findings in the statistical release document as there was almost no crowding recorded during the observed period (Autumn 2021).

The content of future releases will be kept under review as passenger numbers recover following the pandemic.