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Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation is leading strategy for the transfer from (a) the privately owned train operating companies to the Department for Transport Operator (DfTO) and (b) from DfTO to Great British Railways.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
11 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation is leading strategy for the transfer from (a) the privately owned train operating companies to the Department for Transport Operator (DfTO) and (b) from DfTO to Great British Railways.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Public Ownership Programme Directorate has been established in the Department to oversee and manage the transfer of passenger services from private ownership into public ownership. DfT is the lead Government Department for the rail sector transformati...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Great British Railways

4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to maintain the Schedule 17 Ticketing and Settlement Agreement terms between Rail Delivery Group and train operating companies on a) their transfer to DFT Operator of Last Resort

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Train Operating Companies: Trade Unions

4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the extent of recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility time at management grades in each train operating company.

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Train Operating Companies: Trade Unions

4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has directed DFT Operator of Last Resort to adopt a standard process for recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility time at the end of each train operating company franchise a

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Network Rail: Trade Unions

4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Network Rail on the recognition of trade unions at its subsidiary Platform 4.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Great British Railways: Trade Unions

4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with trade unions regarding on the establishment of collective bargaining arrangements under Great British Railways.