Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 60386

South West Main Line: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spending Review, published on 11 June 2025, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated for rail enhancements will be allocated to upgrades on the South Western Railway network.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Following the Chancellors’s statement on 11 June we are now working to confirm our wider portfolio of rail enhancements, which will be published as part of the government’s commitment to set out its overall infrastructure pipeline.