Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2015 to Question 11754, whether Network Rail has estimated the cost to the public purse of the decision to unpause electrification of the Midland Mainline.

Network Rail has estimated between £29.5-£39.5m costs of the pause/un-pause of electrification.

Funding has been provisionally allocated from the Passenger Journey Improvement Time Fund (PJIF) to various schemes, including the Midland Main Line Programme. Subject to affordability and value for money, the allocated funds will be confirmed once schemes have completed the detailed design stage.

As part of the Hendy Review £90million was provisionally allocated to the MML from the PJIF fund for Control Period 5 of which:

Derby to Sheffield PJIF- £49.2m

Market Harborough PJIF - £27m (This denotes the PJIF element of funding for Market Harborough not the total cost of the scheme)

Leicester South PJIF - £8m

(2012/13 prices)