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Bus Services and Railways: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving rail functions from Transport Focus to the new passenger watchdog on integration between train and bus.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving rail functions from Transport Focus to the new passenger watchdog on integration between train and bus.

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Passenger Watchdog will be grown out of Transport Focus, which will be given significantly stronger powers to become a more effective passenger champion in rail. Therefore, no rail functions are being moved out of Transport Focus. The watchdog will be...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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