Railways (Hansard, 30 January 2004)

§ Mr. Redwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many temporary speed restrictions are in force on Network Rail track. [151481]

§ Dr. Howells
Network Rail advises that there are currently 548 temporary speed restrictions on the railway network. This compares to a peak of approximately 1,200 speed restrictions in February 2001.

§ Mr. Redwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much public capital is allocated to the expansion of railway network capacity in the 10 Year Plan. [151483]

§ Dr. Howells
The latest allocations of public spending in the 10 Year Plan are set out in "Delivering Better Transport: Progress Report", which was published in December 2002. The total amount of public expenditure allocated for railways is £33 billion. This is broken down as follows:

Amount (£ billion rounded)

2001–02 2.1

2002–03 2.8

2003–04 3.8

2004–05 3.8

2005–06 4.3

2006–07 4.2

2007–08 3.6

2008–09 2.9

2009–10 2.7

2010–11 2.8

10 Year Plan total 33

	Amount (£ billion rounded)
2001–02	2.1
2002–03	2.8
2003–04	3.8
2004–05	3.8
2005–06	4.3
2006–07	4.2
2007–08	3.6
2008–09	2.9
2009–10	2.7
2010–11	2.8
10 Year Plan total	33