Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on Network Rail's Capacity Plus study; which industry groups have contributed to that study; and when he expects that study to be published.

Network Rail is continuing work on its Capacity Plus study. Train operating companies and freight operating companies, passenger transport executives and local authorities, High Speed 2 Ltd and the Department for Transport are engaged in the study process. Network Rail will set a publication date in due course.