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Written question asked by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Thursday, 8 September 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 September 2016 (named day). It was answered by Paul Maynard (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 September 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Midland Main Line

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 4429, on the Midland Main Line, for what works on which sites on the Midland Main Line for funding under the Passenger Journey Time Fund had been authorised; and what funding has been awarded to date to which of those works under the Passenger Journey Time Fund.

Answer

Network Rail has estimated between £29.5-£39.5m costs of the pause/un-pause of electrification.

Funding has been provisionally allocated from the Passenger Journey Improvement Time Fund (PJIF) to various schemes, including the Midland Main Line Programme. Subject to affordability and value for money, the allocated funds will be confirmed once schemes have completed the detailed design stage.

As part of the Hendy Review £90million was provisionally allocated to the MML from the PJIF fund for Control Period 5 of which:

Derby to Sheffield PJIF- £49.2m

Market Harborough PJIF - £27m (This denotes the PJIF element of funding for Market Harborough not the total cost of the scheme)

Leicester South PJIF - £8m

(2012/13 prices)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45750
Session
2016-17
Related items
Midland Main Line
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance Repairs and maintenance Midland main line
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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