Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rail improvement contracts Carillion holds in (a) the North West and (b) Manchester.

Carillion hold a number of contracts with the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), including Network Rail. This includes rail electrification programme contracts.

However, the electrification works between Manchester and Stalybridge, and between Manchester and Preston, are being delivered by a range of contractors, not just Carillion, and Amey are the principal contractor for those works.

Network Rail also confirmed on Friday 19 January that Carillion staff working on their projects are guaranteed to get paid until at least mid-April 2018.

This ensures that work will continue as planned on Network Rail projects through to mid-April 2018, by which point Network Rail expects to have alternative arrangements in place as necessary.