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Train Operating Companies: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has set limits on financial support for rail operating losses under Great British Railways.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
21 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has set limits on financial support for rail operating losses under Great British Railways.

  2. 21 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    As per the GBR consultation document, government funding for rail service provision will continue to be determined via Spending Reviews.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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