Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount of compensation paid by Network Rail to rail operators was for each year since 2010.

Compensation is paid by Network Rail to Train Operating Companies for planned disruption on the network (Schedule 4 Payments) and, depending on the actual performance of both Network Rail and the train operator, Network Rail may pay compensation for unplanned disruption (Schedule 8 payments).

NR publish this information at

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/transparency/datasets/.

Please note that these values in these tables are based on the invoices Network Rail have received up until November 2017 and are therefore subject to change, as and when historic disputes are settled.

I attach those tables for ease.