Network Rail

(asked on 12th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what oversight and governance arrangements are in place for his Department to scrutinise decisions by Network Rail on the expenditure of its research and development and Intelligent Infrastructure budgets.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 19th November 2020

While the Department for Transport provides funding to enable Network Rail to conduct its own research and development and improve asset management through the Office of Road and Rail’s final determination every five years, it does not issue guidance or scrutinise decisions taken in this area.

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