Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the existing franchise agreements between his Department and train operating companies contain punctuality targets for timetabled passenger services; what the target is in each case; and what the penalties are for missing such a target.
6 existing franchise agreements contain punctuality targets for timetabled passenger services.
The targets are in the franchise agreements, which are published online by the Department for Transport at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-register-of-rail-passenger-franchise-agreements. The associated contractual payments are commercially confidential.