Question follow-through · 51036
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of passenger rail performance.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of passenger rail performance.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
Improved performance is one of this Government’s strategic priorities for rail services. We are determined to enhance services for passengers and deliver better value for money for the taxpayer. Following a decade of decline, we are starting to see train ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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