Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 195440

Network Rail: Procurement

Tabled: 20 July 2023
Answered: 6 September 2023

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of stopping and restarting the CP7 Network Rail Eastern region procurement process.

Answer

The procurement process was stopped, redesigned, and then restarted in a way that ensured minimal costs to the public purse.