Question to the Department for Transport:

Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Paul Maynard MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport on 20 January (HC 60337), why they have not published the report of Chris Gibb's project board into rapid improvements in Southern Rail; and whether they will now do so.

The Chris Gibb report was published by the Department for Transport on 22 June 2017. The report is now available on the GOV.UK website along with the Secretary of State for Transport’s response.

Link to Gibb report:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southern-rail-network-gibb-report

Link to Secretary of State’s response:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gibb-report-on-southern-rail-network-government-response

As soon as we received the report, the Department assessed Chris Gibb’s technical recommendations against work or commitments that are already planned or underway. In early January we committed an extra £300million funding for Network Rail to boost the resilience of the infrastructure along the Brighton mainline and associated routes.

The report could not be published during the pre-election period and we have published the report as soon as possible following the general election.

Copies of the Chris Gibb report and Secretary of State’s response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.