Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of decarbonising the Midland Main Line service, including through Leicester, as pledged in the Integrated Rail Plan; and how much of that cost will be met through new funding.

Within the £96 billion set out in the Integrated Rail Plan, £1.4 billion (2019 prices) has been allowed for electrifying the Midland Main Line. This investment is all newly committed funding, and none of it is reallocated from other departments.