Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definition will be used for the term local workers in relation to recruitment policies introduced for the construction phase of High Speed 2.

The steps taken to promote the recruitment of local workers (as well as disadvantaged and under-represented groups) are set out at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf