Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77155
Rolling Stock: Leasing
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse is for (a) direct and (b) indirect liability for rolling stock leasing debt following the transfer of train operating companies into public ownership.
Answer
Keir MatherThe Department does not expect any changes to current rolling stock debt liabilities as a direct consequence of the transfer of train operating companies into public ownership.