Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will disqualify Stagecoach from bidding for (a) the east coast main line and (b) all future rail franchise contracts.

The Passport pre-qualification system was put into place in 2015 – all Passports awarded under this system, including the Stagecoach Passport last for a four year period and are kept under review. In line with this published process, Stagecoach’s eligibility to bid for current and future franchise competitions remains under review.