Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter to the Chief Executive of National Rail from the Department for Transport on 8 October 2020 commissioning a review of the way capacity is allocated on the East Coast Main Line, when they will publish this review; what are the reasons this review has not already been published; and whether the review offers timetable options for (1) passengers, and (2) taxpayers, that are preferable to those proposed in London North Eastern Railway's 2022 timetable consultation.

The Chief Executive of Network Rail has provided a draft final report which is under review and contains commercially sensitive information that was provided in good faith by private companies on condition that it is not published. The report considers the full range of passengers and markets along the East Coast route and identifies two key options. Once finalised we will request that the main findings be published.