Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many strategic outline business cases for rail network enhancements have been (a) received and (b) accepted by his Department since March 2018.

The Government is committed to transparent policy making and intends to make clear public statements as we take investment decisions on enhancements.

In due course we will be publishing details of schemes which have received a strategic outline business case. Additionally, Network Rail will continue to provide updates on the progress of enhancements which have received a Final Investment Decision (FID), through the quarterly publication of its Enhancements Delivery Plan.