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Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Notices to Improve and (b) written instructions her Department issued to train operating companies for which the Department is the operator in relation to (i) service performance and (ii) financial

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
9 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Notices to Improve and (b) written instructions her Department issued to train operating companies for which the Department is the operator in relation to (i) service performance and (ii) financial

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has not issued any Notices to Improve on any of the DfT Operator train operating companies because none have been in breach of their formal contractual terms. DfT regularly engages with all operators on service performance and financial man...

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