To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.19 of the Autumn Statement 2016, how much of the £450 million had been (a) released to Network Rail and (b) spent; and on what has that funding so far released been spent.
Answered on
24 April 2017
At this point, none of the £450 million has been released to Network Rail. The intention remains to deploy digital signalling using these funds; a range of schemes are currently being considered.
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Department for Transport