Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has provided to improve rail services in (a) North Shropshire and (b) Shropshire in each of the last five years.

The Department will review the refreshed Business Case for line speed improvements between Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury when it is completed later this year.

Funding for this scheme would be subject to a satisfactory business case which represents value for money, affordability and strong benefits for the country.