Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much from the public purse is allocated to rail electrification in each NUTS 1 region of the country in each of the next five years; and how many miles of track are to be electrified in each such region in each such year.

We are currently delivering the largest railway modernisation programme for many years, including plans to electrify over 850 miles of track.

We have continued ambition for the rail network and expect to continue our significant investment in the funding period. The exact level of this investment will be set out in the Statement of Funds Available.