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 LightwoodThe 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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