Railways: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the amount spent by her Department on rail enhancements in each year of control period (a) five, (b) six and (c) seven.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
Rail enhancements in England and Wales have been delivered through the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline since Control Period six (CP6), prior to that they were delivered directly through Network Rail. The following has been spent on enhancements in each financial year in Control Periods five (CP5) and CP6. Figures for Control Period seven are not yet available as no years have yet concluded. All figures are presented in £millions nominal and exclude third party contributions.
CP5 year 1 – 2014/15: £2,597
CP5 year 2 – 2015/16: £2,950
CP5 year 3 – 2016/17: £3,123
CP5 year 4 – 2017/18: £2,951
CP5 year 5 – 2018/19: £2,680
CP6 year 1 – 2019/20: £1,620
CP6 year 2 – 2020/21: £1,459
CP6 year 3 – 2021/22: £1,626
CP6 year 4 – 2022/23: £1,832
CP6 year 5 – 2023/24: £2,112
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