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DfT Operator: Staff

Commons · Question 78101 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the funding arrangements are for the (a) Department for Transport Operator Limited and (b) transfer of staff from Rail Service, Rail Strategy and Reform and Corporate Delivery.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 20 Oct 2025

Department for Transport Operator Limited (formerly DfT OLR Holding Limited) is the government’s public sector rail owning group and is currently funded by charging its train operating company subsidiaries for services provided but also by dividends when ...