PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Network Rail (16 July 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Ministers in his Department approved or were consulted on the instruction made in late March 2015 that Network Rail should undertake a fuller assessment of its emerging cost estimates.

Asked by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)

At the end of March, my officials commissioned Network Rail, the ORR, and DfT to review the whole CP5 portfolio and provide a robust estimate of costs. Ministers were aware of the need to undertake a fuller assessment.

Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
21 July 2015