Written question asked by Andy McDonald (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 June 2019. It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 June 2019 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Railways: Franchises
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of the number of companies that hold pre-qualification passports to bid for rail franchises in the UK; and how many companies there are that are compliant bidders for the (a) West Coast Partnership and (b) Southeastern rail franchises.
- Answer
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There are eighteen Passport holders which are listed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rail-franchising#rail-franchising-pqq-passport
The shortlisted bidders for the West Coast Partnership and South-Eastern franchise competitions were announced on 22 June 2017. Details of the announcement can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/west-coast-partnership-and-south-eastern-rail-franchise-bidders
On the 10 April 2019, Stagecoach announced it had been disqualified from the West Coast Partnership and South Eastern competitions for submitting non-compliant bids.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 260020
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Franchises Railways West Coast Partnership rail franchise South Eastern rail franchise
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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