Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to WPQ 94294, what is the (a) number (b) proportion of fares per week that will not be the same price or cheaper than the former super off-peak fare on the routes covered.

Although London North Eastern Railway voluntarily publish the proportion of Semi flexible fares sold that track against the adjusted price for the former super off-peak fare, as that fare no longer formally exists, the passenger assurances that are being tested in place of fares regulation are instead based upon a percentage of the price of the fully flexible ticket which remains available. The assurances are:

• There is a maximum price: prices cannot rise above the fully flexible price.

• A large selection of cheap seats: at least 2/3 of all fixed tickets sold are priced at 50 per cent or less than the price of the fully flexible ticket.

• A maximum of 10 per cent of all fixed tickets can be sold at 80 per cent or more of the fully flexible price.

London North Eastern Railway has reported that only 10.1 per cent of standard advance fares were sold at over half the price of the fully flexible ticket as of July 2025.