Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to require Network Rail to publish and maintain an up-to-date and accurate database of assets, including gauge clearances of its network, along the lines described in the Scottish Governments High Level Output Statement for Control Period 6.

The independent Office of Rail and Road, as economic and safety regulator for the railway, is responsible for ensuring that Network Rail maintains and makes available an up-to-date and accurate asset register. This is enforced through condition 1 of the Network Licence. Government has no plans to impose a similar condition, as this would simply duplicate an existing requirement under the regulatory regime.