Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the publication of the Integrated Rail Plan for the North of England has been deferred to 2021; if so, (1) why, and (2) when they now expect it to be published.

Following full consideration of the National Infrastructure Commission's Rail Needs Assessment report, published on 15 December, the Government expects to publish the Integrated Rail Plan early in 2021.