To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the potential benefits to travellers from Sidcup and Albany Park stations of the formation of a stakeholder advisory board by the Southeastern Railway Company as part of the franchise agreement conducted by her Department. (172546)

Part of the successful bid to operate the Integrated Kent Franchise was the formation a company stakeholder advisory board.

Our review of the bid concluded that this proposal offered sufficient passenger benefit that it was included as a requirement of the franchise agreement. This was completed by April 2007. No specific assessment was made of the likely effect on a stakeholder advisory board on travellers from Sidcup and Albany Park stations.