{"value":{"id":1692007,"askingMemberId":4473,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-02-27T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-03-01T00:00:00","uin":"15957","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason supporting documents for the draft Rail Reform Bill published on 20 February 2024 do not reference the expected £1.5 billion in recurring annual savings after an initial five year implementation period from reforms proposed in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, as referenced on pages 8 and 36 of that plan.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4442,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-03-01T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The supporting documents for the draft Rail Reform Bill refer only to costs and savings from a new industry structure. Recurring annual savings set out in the Plan for Rail come from a new commercial model, improvement in fares ticketing and retail, a new industry structure and workforce reforms.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Railways: Cost Effectiveness","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1692007","method":"GET"}]}