Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the evidential basis is of his Department's analysis that there will be a demand for 18 trains per hour on the High Speed Two line.

The demand modelling for HS2 is set out in the Economic Case. The Government commissioned Doug Oakervee to provide advice on how and whether to proceed with HS2; the Government will set out the next steps for High Speed 2 in due course.