Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on reviewing bids by local authorities for the Restoring Your Railways Fund.
The £500m Restoring Your Railway Fund is supporting over 45 schemes at different stages of development with funding and advice. The Department received a Strategic Outline Business Case for the Melton Mowbray to Nottingham proposal in August 2021. The Secretary of State for Transport and I are considering next steps for projects, including Melton Mowbray to Nottingham, with a decision on the next tranche to progress anticipated soon.