Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what precedents, if any, there are for capital cost awards of over £25 million for publicly-funded transport operations.

The Department’s capital budget is for spend on transport infrastructure and is therefore not spent on the costs of operating the transport system. However, the Department does provide some capital funding to transport operators, such as train operating companies, to spend towards infrastructure investments such as depots and car parks.