{"value":{"id":1284067,"askingMemberId":3973,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-02-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","uin":"149207","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) budget and (b) spend is in real terms on protecting Network Rail infrastructure assets from weather-related impacts in each year of the control period 2019–24.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3977,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Please see the table attached. This information is in line with the information provided in the rail resilience report published 1 September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is investing a total of £1.247bn in CP6 <em>(1 April 2019- 31 March 2024) </em>to maintain and renew earthworks and drainage, supporting weather resilience improvements on the railway. This is a real term increase of 20% on CP5 (April 2014 to March 2019).</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Network Rail: Infrastructure","attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1284067/original/Table - NR weather-impacts spending.pdf","title":"Table - NR weather-related spending","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":412777}],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1284067","method":"GET"}]}