Question follow-through · 24941

Cross Country Trains: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the CrossCountry performance remedial agreement with XC Trains Ltd made (a) in August 2024 and (b) at any subsequent date.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 22 Jan 2025
Answer: 28 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the CrossCountry performance remedial agreement with XC Trains Ltd made (a) in August 2024 and (b) at any subsequent date.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
A copy of the Remedial Agreement letter between the Secretary of State and XC Trains Limited, dated 9 August 2024, has been published on the GOV.UK website. The Remedial Agreement between the Secretary of State and XC Trains Limited runs from August 2024 ...

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