Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the capability of the UK rail network infrastructure to fully realise the benefits of the new rail vehicles due to enter service in CP5 and early CP6 which will be electric.

Operators set out their strategies for the introduction of new rolling stock as part of each franchise competition. It is the responsibility of those operators to ensure that they co-ordinate the introduction of new trains with Network Rail to ensure that any relevant infrastructure is compatible and available for use.