Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Control Period 7 (CP7) is planned to implement the Integrated Rail Plan; and whether CP7 is planned to enable the allocation of funding to new projects.

The Government is currently considering the funding and outputs framework for Control Period 7, which focusses on the operation, maintenance and renewal of the current rail network. Network Rail enhancement projects are authorised separately through the Rail Network Enhancements Portfolio (RNEP) which includes relevant Integrated Rail Plan projects. The IRP is a multi-decade programme made up of both Network Rail and HS2 schemes; further details are set out in the Plan published in November 2021.