Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the rail franchising passports held by the parent group operators (a) First Group, (b) Arriva and (c) Abellio in the light of recent performance by respective subsidiary train operating companies.

The criteria under which the Department may undertake a review of any prequalification Passport is clearly set out in the Passport documentation, which is publicly available:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-franchising-pqq-passport-documentation

Should these criteria be met for any current operator, the Department would initiate a review.