Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 111853

Railways: Fares

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025 to Question 95968, for what reason there is a difference between the estimates of the fiscal cost of freezing rail fares (a) as set out in that Answer and (b) the figur

Answer

Keir Mather

The difference is due to a difference in rounding. The estimates provided in the Department’s previous response were sourced from the published Budget document, where numbers are rounded to the nearest £5m. The OBR choose to round figures to the nearest £...

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