Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77156
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 estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse for payments associated with rolling stock leasing agreements following the transfer of train operating companies into state control.
Answer
Keir MatherIt is expected that future transfers will see existing rolling stock leasing arrangements novate to the new public sector operator on existing terms as part of the transfer of operations into public ownership. Therefore, we do not expect changes to curren...
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