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Rail Supply Group

Asked by Grahame MorrisLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 6033

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of supporting the Rail Supply Group in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Rail Supply Group (RSG) provides a forum for government and the rail industry to discuss overarching rail supply chain issues and to lead targeted work to address government and industry priorities. Industry members give their time for free, but the group has received limited funding from the Department for Transport (since financial year 2022/23), the Department for Business and Trade, Network Rail, industry members and the Rail Industry Association to support the group’s activities. The Department for Transport provided £75,000 in grant-funding, via the Rail Delivery Group, to RSG for the financial year 2022/23.

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