Question follow-through · 98634
Rolling Stock: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to reduce the cost to (a) the public purse, and (b) farepayers of the cost of maintaining payments to the current Rolling Stock companies (ROSCOs).
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 23 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to reduce the cost to (a) the public purse, and (b) farepayers of the cost of maintaining payments to the current Rolling Stock companies (ROSCOs).
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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23 Dec 2025
Answer published
We expect that, once established, Great British Railways (GBR) will continue to lease rolling stock where this offers value for money. The private-sector rolling stock market has brought significant benefits to passengers and taxpayers, with private inves...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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