A question on #LondonNorthEasternRailway tabled by Andrew Rosindell on 21-05-2025 has been answered by Simon Lightwood.

Heading: London North Eastern Railway
Question ID: 1804880
UIN: 53824
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-21
Asking Member ID: 1447
Asking Member display name: Andrew Rosindell
Asking Member handle: AndrewRosindell
Asking Member Twitter reference: @AndrewRosindell
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER – at stations with di
Is named day: false
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Date answered: 2025-06-04
Date answer corrected:
Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4943
Answering Member display name: Simon Lightwood
Answering Member handle: simonlightwood
Answering Member Twitter reference: @simonlightwood
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Answer text: Train operators are not required to seek the Department for Transport’s approval for business-as-usual research funded within their approved budgets.
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Answering body ID: 27
Answering body name: Department for Transport
Tweeted: true