Written question asked by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Friday, 4 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 March 2016 (named day). It was answered by Claire O'Neill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 March 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways: Fares

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 29041, and with reference to his Department's press release of 18 August 2015 entitled Earnings outstrip rail fare increases for first time in a decade, in what circumstances the conditions of his Department's licence with ATOC permit information on the rail industry's central revenue and ticketing database to be released.

Answer: The Department holds information on ticket sales through the revenue settlement service for UK passenger rail ticket sales (the LENNON database), which is provided by train operating companies to support the Department in managing the rail franchise programme. Under the conditions of the agreement to use the LENNON database from the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), the Department does not have permission to publish such information.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 29824
Session: 2015-16
Related items: Railways: Fares
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Disclosure of information Databases Fares Railways Association of Train Operating Companies
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk