Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the average number of days of disrupted service from weekend engineering works in the last 12 months on rail lines in England comparable to the London to Ipswich service.
The comparison requested cannot be done at short notice as it takes time for the data to be created. Network Rail will write to the MP and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
It is worth noting that it is difficult to make such a comparison. The Great Eastern Mainline (GEML) has 20 miles of four-track from London as far as Shenfield.