§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether additional funding will be made available to the Strategic Rail Authority to support any increase in funding for Network Rail determined by the Rail Regulator. [131362]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Regulator is due to conclude his Interim Review of Network Rail's track access charges in December 2003. This, along with work that the SRA and my Department are doing on rail financing and output will be considered as part of the Spending Review, the outcome of which will be announced next year.