Railways: Franchises

(asked on 25th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy that the (a) Department or (b) rail franchise operator announces (i) extensions, (ii) direct awards and (iii) other changes to franchise agreements.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 1st July 2019

The department publishes the signed Franchise Agreement/signed Deed of Amendment for a Direct Award (once the DFT and the TOC agree any redactions to ensure commercial confidentiality) on the Rail Public Register.

Private businesses fulfil their legal requirement to make commercial announcements in line with their market obligations.

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