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 Mather
The 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.