Question follow-through · 100870
Great British Railways: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget is for the development and rollout of branding for Great British Rail; and what the cost has been to date.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget is for the development and rollout of branding for Great British Rail; and what the cost has been to date.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department is working to develop a rollout plan for the GBR branding, with a focus on maximising opportunities to ensure value for money, such as repainting trains when they are due to be repainted by their leasing companies and changing station signa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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