Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the funding dedicated to Leicester within the Integrated Rail Plan is reallocated funding from prior commitments or other departments.
Leicester will benefit from the £12.8 billion investment in the HS2 East Core Network which includes a new high-speed line from West Midlands to the East Midlands, Midland Main Line electrification, and upgrades to the East Coast Main Line. This investment is all newly committed funding, and none of it is reallocated from other departments.