Written question asked by Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour) on Thursday, 13 May 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 May 2021. It was answered by Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 May 2021 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Railways: England and Wales
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2021 to Questions 178622, 178623 and 178626, how many of the 1,110 miles of track were the (a) Government and (b) devolved Administrations responsible for.
- Answer
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Network Rail publish scheme by scheme data on electrification projects in table 66 of their annual return, which is available at https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/publications-and-resources/regulatory-and-licensing/annual-return/
331 of those miles of electrification took place in Scotland, which the Scottish Government was responsible for. The remaining miles of electrification took place in England and Wales, which the UK Government was responsible for.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 1176
- Session
- 2021-22
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- Subjects
- Devolved matters Government Railways Electrification
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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