21st Report - Reform of the rail franchising programme
- HC No.
- HC 600
- Published
- 12 Feb 2016
- Items
- 0
- Response
- No response document linked
Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee
Reform of the rail franchising programme inquiry
Status: Closed
Opened: 11 Nov 2015
Closed: 12 May 2016
1 report
Inquiry scope
On 3 October 2012, the Department for Transport cancelled its competition for the InterCity West Coast franchise due to errors in the procurement process. The Committee's inquiry into the matter concluded that the Department's failure to properly manage the competition would cost taxpayers at least £50 million. The Department subsequently paused three further franchise competitions. In addition to the Committee's and NAO's reports on the cancellation of the InterCity West Coast competition, Sam Laidlaw (a then Departmental Non-Executive Director) led an inquiry into the events. These reports highlighted a number of weaknesses including: clarity of objectives and transparency of information timetables for franchise competitions senior level oversight, governance and assurance commercial and project management capacity and capability This inquiry looks at the Department’s response to the main recommendations from those reports and the effectiveness of its programme management in its rail franchising programme.Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
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| 2 Dec 2015 | No witnesses recorded | View ↗ |
Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
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| 18 Jul 2016 | — | Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Transport relating to the Committee’s Report, Reforming the rail franchising programme |