To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will provide in tabular form the allocation of the proposed new 1,300 train carriages by (a) franchise, (b) date and (c) type of vehicle. (193050)

The Department for Transport is in discussions with the franchise operators with respect to their requirements. I refer the hon. Member to the Rolling Stock Plan on the Department for Transport web site, which set out indicative number of vehicles required by English TOCs.

(www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/rollingstock).