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Network Rail: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on the appointment of a new Chair of Network Rail.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 Apr 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on the appointment of a new Chair of Network Rail.

  2. 7 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Department plans to launch an open and fair recruitment to appoint a new permanent Chair of Network Rail and has appointed an Executive Search Agency to run the recruitment.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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