Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of infrastructure spending on the Network Rail Wales route.

Throughout Control Period 5, covering the years 2014-2019, £900m has been invested by Network Rail in the rail network in Wales. Network Rail’s proposed investment for the rail network in Wales during Control Period 6, covering the period from 2019 to 2024, is £1.34bn. The Welsh Government also now have responsibility for franchising rail services in Wales, and franchises bring investment. For example, the new Transport for Wales franchise will recruit an additional 600 members of staff, and invest £194m in station improvements.