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Railways: Marketing and Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budgetary guidance is provided to nationalised passenger train operators concerning their marketing, advertising and sponsorship spending arrangements.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
8 Jun 2026
Answer
22 Jun 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budgetary guidance is provided to nationalised passenger train operators concerning their marketing, advertising and sponsorship spending arrangements.

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The guidance to publicly owned train companies is the same as to the companies operating under National Rail Contracts. All passenger train operators are expected to act in a commercial and agile manner in encouraging more people to catch the train, inclu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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