Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 206853 on Cherwell Valley Railway Line: Electrification, for what reasons that answer did not specify when he expects the publication of the timetable for a decision to be made on the future electrification of the railway line between Oxford and Didcot Parkway.

A decision on the electrification of the railway line between Oxford and Didcot Parkway will be made at an appropriate time.

The case for funding enhancements in Control Period 6, covering the period from April 2019 to 2024, will be subject to the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline process.