Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 3126

Railways: Contracts

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing railway contracts into public ownership in order of operational performance.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government has been clear that passenger train operations will transfer to a public-sector operator as current contracts end or reach their contractual break point, avoiding the need to pay compensation to the current operators. The Secretary of State...
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