Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 71271

Railways: Environment Protection and Freedom of Information

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the nationalised railways will be subject to (a) the Freedom of Information and (b) Environmental Information Regulations regimes.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Great British Railways will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 in accordance with the statutory provisions that apply to public authorities. This means that information held by these bodies...
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