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.
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.