East Coast Railway Line
(asked on 4th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the recently completed East Coast Main Line franchise competition, how much they have spent on (1) legal, and (2) financial, advice.
The table below shows the total paid to external advisors for legal and financial advice to 30 January 2015 for the franchise competition (£-excluding VAT).
Advisors | Legal | Financial Advice |
Total | 1,196,957.24 | 1,250,538.00 |
As the Intercity East Coast franchise competition was the first competition to be run in full since the launch of the franchising programme in March 2013 some of these costs include advice on developing new policies and processes that will be of benefit in future franchise competitions.