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Written question asked by Lord Berkeley (Labour) on Monday, 7 June 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 June 2021. It was answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative) on Monday, 21 June 2021 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Train Operating Companies: Standards

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their Great British Railway white paper (CP423), published on 20 May, how will their plan incentivise train operators to improve their services; and what is their estimate of the costs of (1) preparing, and (2) managing, agreements with train operators.

Answer

New Passenger Service Contracts will be designed to cut through the complexity and cost of procuring passenger services, open up more effective competition and attract new bidders.

They will be a mix of both commuter and long-distance services with mixed incentives to reflect the different risks and commercial opportunities to reflect the regional divisions in Great British Railways.

All Passenger Service Contracts will incentivise operators to run reliable, competitive, high-quality services and grow passenger numbers.

We expect to launch initial competitions for Passenger Service Contracts by the time the emergency recovery agreements end in 2022. Further detail on how the new contracts will be managed will be announced in due course.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL702
Session
2021-22
Related items
Great British Railways: The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Subjects
Costs Railways Standards Train operating companies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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