To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in the ownership of Arriva for the group’s operations in the UK (a) rail and (b) bus industries.
Answered on
22 October 2019
(a) Change of ownership will be considered in the normal way, as set at in the change of control policy statement https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-franchise-change-of-control-policy-statement’
(b) The Department has made no assessment of this.
Answered by
Department for Transport