Written questions

National Highways and Network Rail: Finance

Commons · Question 105895 · Tabled 14 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 19 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the up-front technology and systems investment costs required for Network Rail and National Highways to deliver the efficiency gains assumed in the regulated settlements

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 19 Jan 2026

Technology and systems investments are integral to delivering efficiencies within Network Rail’s plan for Control Period 7. Significant investments have been made in specific technology and systems programmes, for example £930 million on Digital Signallin...