Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 120647

Department for Transport: Civil Servants

Tabled: 13 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2026 to WPQ 116586, whether her Department plans to publish details of the savings in fees otherwise payable to former private sector owners used to offset the increase in staf

Answer

Keir Mather

Once all services currently delivered under contract with the Department have transferred, public ownership is expected to save taxpayers up to an estimated £110-150 million every year on fees currently paid to privately-owned train operating companies. T...

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