Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to establish a new headquarters for Great British Railways.
A competition to select a national headquarters for Great British Railways was launched on 5 February and is being overseen by the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT). GBRTT received 42 applications. A shortlist is being finalised, using GBRTT’s published selection criteria. The towns and cities on the shortlist will go forward to a public consultative vote shortly. Ministers will then make a final decision later this year, based on all information gathered.