Question follow-through · 92691
Great British Railways: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89632 on Great British Railways: Finance, if she will publish the assumptions on passenger ridership growth that underpin the Department’s estimate of a £1
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89632 on Great British Railways: Finance, if she will publish the assumptions on passenger ridership growth that underpin the Department’s estimate of a £1
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department’s Spending Review settlement and additional commentary were set out on gov.uk. As is usual, the Department does not publish further detail. The reduction in the rail passenger services subsidy over the Spending Review period will be enabled...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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