Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which infrastructure assets identified by Network Rail in 2020 as requiring action to be taken to protect or repair the asset as a result of weather-related infrastructure impacts have (a) had that work completed and (b) work outstanding.

In the three weeks following the Carmont derailment, Network Rail inspected 584 locations which were assessed because they shared similar characteristics to the areas in which the Carmont derailment took place. 1% of these sites required remedial work sooner than was originally planned and that work has been completed.

However, there will be many more instances across the network where teams have completed weather resilience works on assets which fall outside of this bracket. That information is held by Network Rail’s regional teams and would take a large amount of time to collate. Therefore, the information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.