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<p>Prior to the re-launch of the Franchising Programme in spring 2013, the costs of
different franchising projects were not individually recorded.</p><p> </p><p>The cost
of each re-franchising project since the re-launch is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Franchise</p></td><td><p>Cost
(£M)</p></td><td><p>Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex Thameside</p></td><td><p>4.815</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameslink,
Southern & Great Northern</p></td><td><p>7.288</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Coast</p></td><td><p>8.429</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>8.668
(to date)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TransPennine Express</p></td><td><p>7.577
(to date)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglia</p></td><td><p>7.413
(to date)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include
adviser costs (financial, technical and legal advisers), pay costs for the project
team, “non-pay” costs (such as bidder day seminars, public consultations, etc), and
VAT where applicable, for the duration of the procurements.</p><p> </p><p>Note that
the sums invested in each re-franchising project are dwarfed by the (Resource) Support
for Passenger Rail Services benefits to the Department from the re-franchising – £200
for every £1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>NOTE 1: The Essex
Thameside figure represents the work done after the relaunch of the Franchising Programme.
There was a significant amount of work completed prior to the pausing of the programme
in autumn 2012 which is not included here.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 2: The Intercity East
Coast costs were not charged to the public purse, but were covered by the Performance
Bond that National Express put forward following its default of the previous East
Coast contract.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 3: The figures for Northern, TransPennine Express
(TPE) and East Anglia are the latest figures (as at the end of August 2016). East
Anglia is still a ‘live’ project. Whilst Northern and TPE have concluded, there are
still some residual costs that may affect the final figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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