Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of building a railway station in Galgate.

The Local Transport Fund granted £494 million to Lancashire to take forward local transport projects. The Government believes that local authorities are best placed to promote and take forward transport schemes that will most benefit their local areas. I would therefore encourage local stakeholders to work together to develop proposals and a business case for schemes such as a railway station in Galgate.