Question reference: S6W-15992
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 16 March 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 March 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in the event that operations are to be contracted out on the Caledonian Sleeper when it is brought back into public ownership, what parts of the service or operations will be contracted out; which companies will be contracted for which part of the service or operations; for how long each contractor will be contracted for, and how much each contractor will be paid for the services that they provide over the course of their contract.
Answer
Serco Caledonian Sleepers Ltd has significant existing contracts with a number of suppliers and it will be a matter for Scottish Rail Holdings Ltd and Caledonian Sleeper Ltd to determine the optimum arrangements and value realised from those contracts post mobilisation of the Operator of Last Resort (OLR) arrangements.