Great British Railways: Costs

(asked on 2nd June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the cost to the public purse of the (a) set-up and (b) operation of (i) Great British Railways and (ii) the Great British Railways Transition Team in the (A) 2021-22 and (B) 2022-23 financial years.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 12th June 2023

The cost to the public purse of the set-up and operation of the Great British Railways Transition Team was £12.2m in 2021-22 and £52.1m 2022-23. Great British Railways has not yet been established. The cost of establishment and ongoing operations of Great British Railways will be confirmed in the final business case.

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