Railways: Finance
Commons · Question 113403 · Tabled 12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of moving to a ten-year rail funding settlement to support long-term planning, value for money, and whole-life asset management.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 26 Feb 2026
We have considered the appropriate length of rail funding settlements as part of rail reform and the establishment of Great British Railways. Five-years of infrastructure funding, resulting in a five-year delivery plan, has been established as the appropr...