{"value":{"id":1237122,"askingMemberId":3973,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-09-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-28T00:00:00","uin":"94392","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the merits of (a) directly procuring rolling stock and (b) leasing trains from rolling stock companies.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3977,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-09-28T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Secretary of State has not currently made assessments of procuring or leasing rolling stock directly from manufacturers or rolling stock owning companies. The UK rolling stock market has been a vibrant one and passengers are benefiting from private investment in new trains across the country.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Rolling Stock: Procurement","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1237122","method":"GET"}]}