Railways: Tickets
Commons · Question 41990 · Tabled 27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the amount of funding spent on reforming the train ticketing system in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 3 Apr 2025
The Fares Ticketing and Retail (FTR) Programme to modernise ticketing and retail systems started at Spending Review 2021. The first year of the programme was 22/23. The Department spend £55.7 million in 22/23 and £66 million in 23/24 on the FTR programme.