Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the market-led proposals on rail received by his Department since the July 2018 deadline and state which of these were (a) accepted and (b) rejected.

In December the department responded to all promoters of market-led proposals received through its call for ideas. The department cannot make an announcement about individual schemes at this time as these proposals were submitted in confidence and such disclosure may prejudice the commercial interests of the proposers.