Railways: Franchises

Transport written question – answered at on 10 November 2009.

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Photo of David Anderson David Anderson Labour, Blaydon

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1103W on railways; franchises, which franchise operator received a payment from his Department in October 2006; and how much that payment was.

Photo of Chris Mole Chris Mole Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport

The Department for Transport does not publish details on compensation payments made to individual train operating companies for net losses arising from industrial action on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.

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Tom Knott
Posted on 13 Nov 2009 5:58 pm (Report this annotation)

Commercial confidentiality? What about "open government"?
This needs to be pursued further.