Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what activities GBRX has completed since its establishment in 2025; how much her Department has spent to date on GBRX; and what expenditure her Department projects for GBRX over the next five years.

GBRX was established by Network Rail in 2025 to address barriers to the adoption of strategic technologies and to support more joined‑up working as the rail sector moves towards Great British Railways.

Since its establishment, GBRX established the AI Advisory Council in September 2025, to bring expertise in safety, ethics, infrastructure, data and people into the sector’s approach to AI adoption. It has led development of the rail sector’s Artificial Intelligence in Rail Action Plan, launched in April 2026, providing a coordinated roadmap for responsible AI adoption across the railway. GBRX has also launched a sector Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Programme to build applied technical skills directly within the railway system.

Network Rail funds GBRX from within its existing Control Period 7 settlement and allocated approximately £4 million to it in 2025-26. Any decisions on future expenditure by GBRX will be for Network Rail and for Great British Railways once it is established.