Railways: Expenditure

(asked on 10th September 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what mechanisms he is permitted to reduce the Control Period 5 spending levels for the railway set by the Office of Rail and Road's Final Determination, published on 10 April 2014.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 15th September 2015

The periodic review 2013 settlement set the outputs and the funding requirement for Control Period 5 that Network Rail is required to deliver to. The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for administering two of Network Rail’s sources of cash: the network grant for England and Wales, which is set in line with the funding requirements set by the periodic review settlement, and the loan agreement signed on 4 July 2014. The Government remains committed to providing the funds agreed and seeing Network Rail’s ambitious programme delivered.

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