Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what railway franchises currently operate under a direct award contract; and for each such franchise when the contract (a) become live and (b) is due to expire.

Details of direct award contracts for rail franchises are published on the Public Register of Rail Passenger Franchise Agreements, which is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-register-of-rail-passenger-franchise-agreements