Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 69372
Midland Main Line: Electrification
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Neil O'Brien
Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the reduction in expenditure from the cancelling the electrification of the midland mainline north of Wigston.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe decisions taken in the Spending Review on rail enhancements were about prioritising the schemes that provided the greatest contribution to the government’s missions affordably. Rail enhancements are funded as a portfolio and this portfolio received in...
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