{"value":{"id":1600440,"askingMemberId":4602,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-03-01T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","uin":"156213","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to set a target of trebling rail freight by 2050.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4442,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The government is committed to introducing a long-term rail freight growth target, recognising the economic and environmental benefits of moving goods by rail.</p><p>My officials are currently working with the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) to develop options.</p><p>The government’s rail freight growth target will be announced in autumn and will be evidence-based, taking into account feedback from industry, particularly drawn from the Call for Evidence that ran last year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Railways: Freight","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1600440","method":"GET"}]}