Trains: Hitachi

(asked on 17th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will take steps to review the award of the tender for the Intercity Express Programme to Hitachi’s Intercity Class 800 series.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 24th May 2021

The Department will not be reviewing the award of the contract, but we will use the contractual levers available to us under the contract to ensure the taxpayer does not pay for the disruption caused or the rectification of the faults.

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