Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide the Office of Rail Regulation with a High Level Output Specification of what they want from the railway in Control Period 7, together with the Statement of Funds Available to support it, by the end of October.

We have worked closely with the Office of Rail and Road throughout the Periodic Review Process, including on the timing of the publication of the High-Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available. We expect the Office of Rail and Road to provide notification of its decision on whether to grant an extension of up to four weeks for publication before the end of October.