Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total kilometres of electrified rail in the UK by 2040.

In developing the forthcoming Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TDP) the Department has considered advice from Network Rail and the rail industry about the pace of rail decarbonisation, including through electrification. The TDP will set out the scale and pace of rail decarbonisation necessary to deliver the government’s net zero commitment by 2050.

Electrification schemes and the use of other decarbonisation technologies will be developed individually to ensure they are affordable and provide value for money.