Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times he or officials in his Department have met with (a) First group, (b) Go Ahead, (c) Arriva, (d) Trenitalia, (e) Serco, (f) Keolis, (g) Abellio, (h) MTR and (i) Mitsui railway holding groups in the last 18 months; and on what dated those meetings were held.
Officials and Ministers have regular meetings with all owning groups as part of our duties to ensure effective management of the contracts held.