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...