Economic regulation

2 February 2017 ORR published its first annual assessment of Highways England’s performance in July 2016. It was broadly positive, but we reported concerns that the company needs to establish more robust long-term plans for investment delivery and asset management. Our update reports on progress in two areas: Highways England’s development of a robust capital baseline plan; and its work to improve

This group discussed issues relating to the development of the framework for Network Rail’s outputs and performance monitoring. This included considering the role of Network Rail’s stakeholders in informing what Network Rail would deliver. This working group was disbanded at the end of 2016 and Outputs items were covered through the RDG Route level regulation, charges and incentives working group

This group discussed issues relating to the regulation of system operation. Garry White chaired this RDG working group. The agreed meeting notes of the working group are set out below, along with any other relevant papers. RDG system operation working group meeting note - 10 November 2017 RDG system operation working group meeting note - 7 August 2017 RDG system operation working group meeting

This group discussed issues relating to two of the priority work areas that we identified for the review in our initial consultation, namely: A focus on regulating at route level; and Increasing transparency around costs and improving incentives. The working group also considered the financial framework for CP6 as it is directly relevant to these two areas. The chair of this RDG working group was

In 2016, we published our initial consultation on the 2018 periodic review (PR18). In connection with this, we subsequently published a number of working papers, including working paper 5 which explored options for the treatment of enhancements projects in control period 6 (CP6). Working paper 5 on options for the treatment of enhancements in CP6 On 16 June 2017, we published a close-out report on

On 18 May 2016, we published our initial consultation on the 2018 periodic review (PR18). This set out our proposal to regulate Network Rail at route-level, alongside a tailored approach to regulating Network Rail’s system operation functions. In support of developing the detailed policy framework for this, we published a working paper on the Outputs Framework setting out our initial thinking in

This page contains details of the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR’s) work in informing its input into the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) 2020/21-2024/25. A key aspect of ORR’s role as Highways Monitor is to provide advice to the Secretary of State for Transport in relation to draft Road Investment Strategies – and in particular, whether the Strategies set for Highways England are both