Question follow-through · 76654

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure scrutiny of Great British Railways’ decisions.

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

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

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Transport

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure scrutiny of Great British Railways’ decisions.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to delivering a simpler, more accountable railway with clear responsibilities. The design of the new system and the creation of Great British Railways will ensure that decisions are clear, robust and transparent. Key sector bod...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Standards

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of (a) rostering and (b) minimum service agreements on the number of (i) lightly used and (ii) empty trains operating on the network.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Standards

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that passenger service levels for trains are aligned with levels of demand for train services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Standards

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of rail workers' (a) contracts and (b) rosters on the level of subsidy for running (i) lightly-used and (ii) empty rail services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

c2c: Nationalisation

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71243 on c2c: Nationalisation, how many (a) senior management and (b) specialist operational staff have left c2c since its transfer to public ownership on

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Rolling Stock: Leasing

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse is for (a) direct and (b) indirect liability for rolling stock leasing debt following the transfer of train operating companies into public ownership.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Rolling Stock: Leasing

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse for payments associated with rolling stock leasing agreements following the transfer of train operating companies into state control.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Fares

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the regulated rail fare levels for 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Scooters: Regulation

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to introduce legislation on the regulation of electric scooters, in the context of the ongoing rental trials currently extended until May 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle chargepoints need to be installed each year between 2025 and 2030 to meet the government’s target of 300,000 public chargepoints by 2030.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle chargepoints were installed in each year since 2020; and how many have been installed to date in 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle chargepoints have been installed but are not operational due to grid connection delays or other technical issues.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Finance

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September to Question 74024 on Electric Vehicles: Finance, what is the timeframe for the Government's spend of £4.5 billion.