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Train Operating Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June to Question 9171, what the subsidy requirement was for each train operating company in 2025-26 compared with the forecast used in the Department's Main Estimate.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June to Question 9171, what the subsidy requirement was for each train operating company in 2025-26 compared with the forecast used in the Department's Main Estimate.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The department does not intend to publish operator-level comparisons of subsidy requirement against forecast ahead of the publication of Train Operating Companies’ final audited accounts and financial statements. This is because the underlying revenue an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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