Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4264 on Passenger Railway Services: Public Ownership, what savings from management fees have been realised to date following the transfer of passenger services into public ownership; what her Department’s latest estimate is of annual savings once all franchised contracts have expired; and whether any transferred operator’s Police Service Agreement with the British Transport Police Authority has changed in cost since transfer.

Savings from management fees and other savings are routinely considered by the Public Ownership Programme as part of continuing reporting processes. The programme does not publicly report on fees saved during transfers due to commercial confidentiality reasons.

Public ownership will save taxpayers up to an estimated £150 million every year on fees currently paid to privately-owned train operating companies, once all services currently delivered under contract with the Department have transferred.

Police Service Agreements (PSAs) are required for train operators on the railway. While PSA costs may change from year to year, there has been no change in the overall approach to PSAs, nor any substantial change in costs for transferred operators, as a result of public ownership.