Question follow-through · 93121
Railways and Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help develop (a) engineering and (b) maintenance adaptations to protect (i) roads, (ii) railways and (iii) embankments from an increase in the number of high soil moisture
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help develop (a) engineering and (b) maintenance adaptations to protect (i) roads, (ii) railways and (iii) embankments from an increase in the number of high soil moisture
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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27 Nov 2025
Answer published
The maintenance of earthworks is the responsibility of the asset owner, specifically Network Rail for the mainline railway network, National Highways for the strategic road network and Local Authorities for local roads. The technical expertise needed to a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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