Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, which of the Midland Main Line speed improvement works referenced in that statement are additional to projects already committed under Control Period 5.

The Passenger Journey Time Fund could benefit a number of locations on the Midland Mainline: Market Harborough, Leicester and between Derby and Chesterfield. These are all authorised for development. Additional journey time improvements plan for Control Period 5 will be delivered through work on Derby remodelling, Kettering to Corby and Kettering to Bedford.