Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 195101

Railways: Freight

Tabled: 19 July 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the amount of freight which is transported by rail.

Answer

The Government is committed to growing rail freight. We are undertaking a number of initiatives including setting a long-term rail freight growth target, which will be announced later this year, and a review of the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme. I hos...
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