Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 87759

Railways: Nationalisation

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total value of (a) debts, (b) leases and (c) other liabilities per railway operator the Government will be taking on following completion of the railway nationalisation program

Answer

Keir Mather

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government implemented emergency contractual arrangements which involved taking on all revenue and the vast majority of cost risk from the train operating companies. Therefore, public ownership of these rail servi...

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