Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost to the public purse was of preparing and publishing the (a) Bowe Report into the planning of Network Rail's enhancements programme published on 25 November 2015 and (b) Hendy Report on Replanning Network Rail's Investment programme, published January 2016.

The estimated cost to the public purse for preparing and publishing the

a) Bowe Report published on 25 November 2015 was £1,500, associated with type setting and printing; and

b) Consultation on the Hendy Report, published January 2016 was zero.