Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to cancel Phase 2 of HS2 on jobs at (a) the Alstom site in Derby and (b) around the country.
(a) Alstom are in a JV with Hitachi to build the HS2 rolling stock for phase 1 only and did not have a contract for any works on phase 2 of HS2.
(b) The large majority of jobs on the programme are currently working on the delivery of Phase 1 between Birmingham and London. The new investment plans outlined in Network North will provide significant opportunities for contractual work around the country, providing job opportunities in a number of sectors across the range of projects in the delivery pipeline.