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Network Rail: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the funding required by Network Rail for the control period 2029 to 2034 to recover the average asset age to 2015 levels across key asset categories.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
15 May 2026
Target answer date
19 May 2026
Answer
26 May 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the funding required by Network Rail for the control period 2029 to 2034 to recover the average asset age to 2015 levels across key asset categories.

  2. 19 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 May 2026

    Answer published

    Funding decisions for the next Funding Period (April 2029 to March 2034), including developing the evidence base for these decisions and appropriate baselines, will take place as part of Funding Period Review 2029.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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