Railways: Coronavirus

(asked on 17th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on train companies that received additional Government funding during 2020-21 paying dividends to shareholders.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
This question was answered on 22nd June 2020

The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) place a number of new restrictions on operator’s financial transactions in recognition of the risk that the government bears while they are in place. This includes restrictions on the payment of dividends to shareholders during the EMA term.

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