Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June to Question 49660 on Rolling Stock: Coronavirus, how much money from the public purse the Government has paid to Train Operating Companies to cover the contractually agreed rental costs for rolling stock during the period of the Emergency Measures Agreements.

With reference to the answer to Question 49660 of 2 June, Train Operating Companies are continuing to pay the contractually agreed rental cost for rolling stock as they were prior to the Emergency Measures Agreements. Statistics on costs are published by the Office of Rail and Road in tab 2.13 at https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0020/42563/uk-rail-industry-financial-information-2018-19.xlsx.