Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department informed (a) Network Rail Ltd, (b) First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd, (c) Manchester Airport Holdings Ltd and (d) Birmingham Airport Ltd of its decision to cancel HS2 Phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b routes.

On 4 October, the Prime Minister announced Network North – this Government’s transport investment vision to drive better connectivity across the North, the Midlands, and the country – and confirmed that the Government would not proceed with the construction of HS2 Phase 2a, Phase 2b Western Leg and HS2 East.

Ministers and officials of the Department for Transport have engaged with relevant stakeholders to discuss the announcement and its implications.