To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the costs of administering each franchise of the Direct Awards programme are.
Answered on
4 November 2014
The costs of the 4 most recently-completed Direct Award projects have been as follows:
Northern £1.536million
Greater Anglia £1.088million
West Coast £ 0.842million
Southeastern £ 0.918million
In Total: £ 4.384million
These figures include staff costs, advisers, “non-pay” administrative costs (for example, IT facilities, training and travel expenses) and VAT.
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Department for Transport
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