Written Question: Rail Maintenance

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 proportion of the total expenditure.

	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Maintenance	1,737	1,892	1,947	2,089	2,290	2,504
Operations	657	714	717	716	812	892
Support	662	956	968	1,019	1,157	1,099
Traction Electricity, Industry Costs and Rates	798	845	860	979	1,103	1,322
Total Operating Expenditure	3,854	4,407	4,492	4,803	5,362	5,817
Maintenance Share	45%	43%	43%	43%	43%	43%
Renewals	2,908	3,910	3,948	4,046	3,930	3,683
Maintenance share in OMR	26%	23%	23%	24%	25%	26%
Enhancements	1,824	1,620	1,787	2,011	2,267	2,084
Total Operating and Capital Expenditure	8,586	9,937	10,227	10,860	11,559	11,584
Maintenance Share	20%	19%	19%	19%	20%	22%
Financing Costs and Tax	2,105	1,748	2,783	4,085	2,583	2,498
Total Expenditure	10,691	11,685	13,010	14,945	14,142	14,082
Maintenance Share	16%	16%	15%	14%	16%	18%

Source: Network Rail’s published Regulatory Financial Statements.