Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what policy objectives they have set for Great British Railways, and in what order of priority these objectives have been ranked. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE) : Clause 3 of the Railway’s Bill sets out the statutory functions of GBR – what we expect it to do, and Clause 18 its general duties – what we expect it to consider when it is delivering on its functions. Taken together, the

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of the level of Government support to the rail sector per passenger journey in (1) 2024–25, (2) 2025–26, (3 ) 2026–27, (4) 2027–28, and (5) 2028–29. (HL14612) Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE) : The Department for Transport's support for the 14 contracted operators and Network Rail was £8.47 per journey in 2024/25. It is currently estimated that this will

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the total expenditure on the maintenance of the rail network in each of the past six financial years; and what proportion this expenditure represented of total Network Rail expenditure for each of those years. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE) : The table below shows the total expenditure on the maintenance of the rail network in the past six financial years and its propor