Question follow-through · 12229
Railways: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail infrastructure projects in England with a capital value below £50 million are behind schedule.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail infrastructure projects in England with a capital value below £50 million are behind schedule.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
Network Rail is delivering hundreds of projects across the country to maintain and upgrade the rail network. Of the projects currently delivering on site with an anticipated cost of less than £50 million, 144 are currently forecasting to complete after th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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