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Railways: Facilities Agreements

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 94308

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to WPQ 89594, what the difference will be between the Operator of First Choice and the previous Operator of Last Resort in the Framework Document.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Framework Document is being reviewed and updated following the change of role from the DfT Operator of Last Resort to the Operator of First Choice and the transfer of circa 200 DfT staff to DFTO on 31 March 2026 which moves more operational functions into DFTO. The new Framework Document will be published on gov.uk.

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