Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2017 to Question 204, on Crossrail 2 Line, what the timescale is for the analysis referred to; and when the date of the next stage of the public consultation will be announced.

The Department’s analysis of the Strategic Outline Business Case for Crossrail 2 is one strand of the work we are currently progressing to inform decisions on the scheme, including on the appropriate timings of any public consultation. It sits alongside the work we have recently agreed with the Mayor of London to examine ways to improve affordability ahead of this autumn’s Budget.