Rolling Stock: Procurement

(asked on 4th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2019 to Question 239970 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what guarantees the Government has received in addition of (a) commitments and (b) expectations from rail manufacturers on the building of new factories.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 12th June 2019

Rolling stock procurement is undertaken through fair and open competition, usually by train operators as part of their franchise commitments. As such the Department has received no guarantees in respect of the commitments or expectations from rail manufacturers on the building of new factories.

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