To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the rate of change in passenger numbers for (a) Northern Rail, (b) Transpennine Express and (c) the franchises that provide commuter services in London and the South East has been in each of the last five years. (248628)

Statistics on rail passenger numbers are published by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in the National Rail Trends Yearbook, which is available in the House Library, or from the ORR website

www.rail-reg.gov.uk.