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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: North of England (27 January 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has paid to consultants in preparation for reletting the Northern Rail and TransPennine Express franchises; and what the name of each consultant so paid was.

Asked by:
Lisa Nandy (Labour)

Answer

The Department for Transport has paid in preparation for the Northern and TransPennine Express (TPE) Franchise Competitions the following consultants up to December 2014.

TPE Franchise

£ (including VAT)

Nature of Advice

Eversheds

157,081.04

Legal

Halcrow (TRL)

986,050.21

Technical

URS

49,451.36

Modelling

Ernst & Young

219,133.88

Financial

Total

1,411,716.49

Northern Franchise

£ (including VAT)

Nature of Advice

Halcrow (TRL)

1,176,226.03

Technical

Parsons Brinckerhoff

22,867.20

Bid Evaluation

Bevan Brittan

142,126.63

Legal

PWC

289,104.00

Financial

Total

1,630,323.86

This is consistent with the Department’s acceptance of the recommendations in the Brown and Laidlaw reports that external advisers be appointed for each competition.


Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
2 February 2015

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