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Recommendation 15
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Promptly reflect outcomes of Spending Reviews and government announcements in RNEP updates.
Recommendation
The 2025 Spending Review has provided welcome clarity on what inherited enhancements the Department is proceeding with and those which it has decided to pause. Such announcements do not, however, provide 51 information in the format or detail necessary to populate a pipeline which can be traced clearly over time and which provides consistency of information to the rail sector. The outcomes of Spending Reviews, fiscal events and other Government announcements, insofar as they affect railway enhancements, should be reflected promptly in updates of the RNEP. (Recommendation, Paragraph 76)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 1 May 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗