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Great British Railways: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the work of Great British Rail is held to account.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
7 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the work of Great British Rail is held to account.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Great British Railways’ new passenger-focused culture will ensure passengers are at the heart of everything it does. It will be operationally independent of, but accountable to, the Secretary of State, as well as to the UK and devolved Parliaments, suppor...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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