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Asked by Paula BarkerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 December 2024UIN 17899

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made on the number of points failures on the rail network in the last 12 months.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Between the start of this financial year and 9 November, there have been 1,772 points failures compared with 1,715 points failures in the same period last year.

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