Asked by: Ian Davidson (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which franchised train operator has paid the highest level of corporation tax in the financial year 2014-15 to date.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Department does not hold the actual payment data for each franchised operator. However the statutory accounts for each franchised operator can be used to provide a proxy for this payment with reference to the “Tax on profit on ordinary activities” in each Income statement and making the assumption that the tax is paid in that year.
On this basis, so far we do not have a complete picture for the financial year 2014-15, as we have received only one set of statutory accounts for a financial year ending in this period.
Asked by: Ian Davidson (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which franchised train operator paid the highest amount of corporation tax in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Department does not hold the actual payment data for each franchised operator. However, the statutory accounts for each franchised operator can be used to provide a proxy for this payment with reference to the “Tax on profit on ordinary activities” in each Income statement and making the assumption that the tax is paid in that year.
On this basis the franchised train operator which paid the highest amount of corporation tax in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2013-14 is as follows
2009/10 West Coast Trains Limited
2010/11 Stagecoach South Western Trains Limited
2011/12 First/Keolis Transpennine Limited
2012//13 Stagecoach South Western Trains Limited
2013/14 Northern Rail Limited