Railways: Coronavirus

(asked on 21st September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for each Train Operating Company with which his Department has agreed an Emergency Measures Agreement (EMA), what figure will be used to calculate the Management Fee covering the term of the EMA and Reporting Period 13.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 29th September 2020

EMA Fees are based on a fixed 1.5% management fee based on the historical costs of a TOC. Details of payments made by the Department to franchised passenger rail operators under the Emergency Measures Agreements can be found on the government’s website and shall be updated regularly.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/payments-to-passenger-rail-operators-march-to-june-2020

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