Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on what proportion of the future rail network will be electrified.

Since 2010, more than 1,200 miles of the rail network in GB have been electrified. Government continues to progress the electrification of the Transpennine route between Manchester, Leeds and York, the Midland Mainline and the route between Wigan and Bolton. Electrification, alongside alternative technologies such as hydrogen, battery and bi-modes, will play an important role in meeting our Net Zero targets. We are working with the Great British Rail Transition Team to bring forward costed options to decarbonise the whole network for government to carefully consider in terms of overall deliverability and affordability.