Railways: Finance
Commons · Question 51314 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 20 May 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse of the subsidy required to support the railways was in (a) 2018-9, (b) 2020-1 and (c) 2023-4.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 20 May 2025
The Government’s net support to the rail industry in Great Britain totalled £7.1 billion in 2018-19, £16.9 billion in 2020-21 and £22.3 billion in 2023-24. This support includes funding for both the operational railway and for enhancement projects such as...