questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has held discussions with the West Midlands Combined Authority, the Mayor of the West Midlands, or the West Midlands Rail Executive regarding safeguards to ensure that rolling stock currently allocated to West Midlands routes remains in the region following the transfer of West Midlands Trains into public ownership; and whether she plans to introduce any formal consultation or consent mechanisms for combined authorities in relation to permanent rolling stock reassignment decisions.
answerText: No discussions have been held with the authorities listed regarding any safeguards relating to rolling stock currently allocated to West Midlands routes as there are no plans to change such allocations. Any potential consultation or consent mechanisms for...
heading: West Midlands Trains: Rolling Stock