Written Question: Rail Maintenance Costs

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of paragraph 4.43 of the Office of Rail and Road's Rolling Stock Maintenance Market Review interim report, published on 29 October, which train operating companies and rolling stock fleets were involved in maintenance contract renewals resulting in increases in charges of up to 300 per cent.

Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE):

The Office of Rail and Road’s interim report does not identify the individual train operating companies or rolling stock fleets to which the increases in maintenance charges cited in paragraph 4.43 relate.

The ORR collected evidence at fleet level from industry participants as part of its independent market review and has presented the findings on an aggregated basis. The Department is therefore unable to identify the operators and fleets concerned from the information published.