Question follow-through · 122220
DfT Operator
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119493, what roles and functions the 210 staff transferring to DfT Operator Ltd on 1 April 2026 will undertake; from which directorates and business units wit
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119493, what roles and functions the 210 staff transferring to DfT Operator Ltd on 1 April 2026 will undertake; from which directorates and business units wit
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The functions in scope to transfer from DfT to DFTO include the majority of the Rail Services Group, as well as a small number of teams in the Rail Reform and Strategy Group and the Corporate Delivery Group. The majority of roles transferring relate to ra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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