Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) are for the (i) East Coast Mainline Programme and (ii) Electrification of the Midland Mainline Programme; when those SROs started in post; on how many occasions the SROs have had to escalate project issues to his Department's board; on which dates those SROs last met Ministers; and when those SROs are next due to meet Ministers.

The Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for the East Coast Main Line is Nick Bisson who was appointed as SRO on 31 March 2022. The SRO for the Electrification of the Midland Mainline programme is Cavendish Elithorn who was appointed on 01 June 2019. Appointment letters can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dft-major-projects-appointment-letters-for-senior-responsible-owners. In line with their responsibilities as SROs regular updates on both schemes are provided to departmental Boards and Ministers with meetings as necessary.