Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contractual relationships his Department has entered into with (a) KPMG, (b) EY and (c) other external consultants to develop the proposals in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail published 20 May 2021; and if he will make a statement.

To develop proposals in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, the Department was supported by the following consultancies:

Ashurst; PWC; Rail Delivery Group; Eversheds Sutherland; Britain Thinks; Steer Davies Gleave; Jacobs; and Deloitte.