Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) net franchise payment, (b) revenue support sum and (c) net subsidy are for the 22 month direct award of the northern franchise to Northern Rail Ltd.

Stephen Hammond

For the 22 month Northern franchise direct award there is no revenue support mechanism and there is a £632.7 million contracted subsidy over the full period of the franchise.