Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update the publication of information relating to his Department’s payments to passenger rail operators under emergency agreements and National Rail Contracts.

On 21 October 2021, the Department published operational support payments to the Train Operating Companies along with the scores and fees determined through the evaluation of operator performance. This release on the Government website www.gov.uk covered the period between September 2020 to March 2021 (performance and fees) and 1 April 2021 to 24 July 2021 (operational support). The Department is committed to providing periodic updates of this information on an ongoing basis.