Question follow-through · 110894
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2026
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
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department has not issued any Notices to Improve on any of the DfT Operator train operating companies in January 2026 because none have been in breach of their formal contractual terms. The Department regularly engages with all operators on service pe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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