| Heading: |
East Coast Main Line: Competition |
| Question ID: |
1797637 |
| UIN: |
48389 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3957 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Martin Vickers
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| Asking Member handle: |
martinvickers
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@martinvickers
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of the Office of Rail and Road's statistics entitled Passenger Rail Usage, published on 20 March 2025, in the context of open access co |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Answer text: |
The Department recognises the wider benefits that can be provided by open access operators in the right circumstances, including increased competition which we have seen on the East Coast Main Line. We welcome the publication of Passenger Rail Usage stati... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |