Mentions:
1: None Approaches such as city deals and new ways of collaborating between the two Governments in investments - Speech Link
2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) Equally, some regions of Scotland might not grow, or they might contract, while other regions will grow.I - Speech Link
3: None ability to get around will really be made by the extent to which you might want to subsidise public transport - Speech Link
4: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) of Scotland will not be able to grow but that other regions will?” - Speech Link
5: None You can also see that with all aspects of surface transport, economic development, innovation policy - Speech Link
Oral Evidence May. 01 2024
Inquiry: Strategic transport objectivesFound: You might want point-to-point city connectivity—city centre to city centre —rather than the point that
Written Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Access to High Street Banking in WalesFound: Posed questions Which regions or communities are most affected by the loss of high street bank branches
Jan. 24 2024
Source Page: Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2023Found: as some forces are unable to provide data on designated officers separately. 3 Excludes the British Transport
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of Network North funding will be allocated to improving public transport connections in North Shropshire constituency.
Answered by Huw Merriman
Network North has committed to redirected money from HS2 with the £19.8 billion committed to the Northern leg of HS2 reinvested in the North, the £9.6 billion committed to the Midlands reinvested in the Midlands, and the full £6.5 billion saved through our rescoped approach at Euston being spread across every other region in the country. We continue to work with our delivery partners to develop plans and deliver all projects and schemes announced as part of Network North, including agreement of funding allocations.
Of the £9.6 billion for the Midlands, North Shropshire will benefit from funding from a number of schemes under Network North:
It is important to note that it is at the discretion of Local Authorities to determine the allocation of funds from each of these schemes to specific projects and which schemes they choose to deliver within their areas.
Additionally, as part of Network North, we’ve committed to restoring the Oswestry to Gobowen line which will drive tourism, boosts local businesses, and encourage investment in the Shropshire area. We will announce further details in due course.
The Department has conditionally approved funding of £54.4 million towards the cost of the proposed Shrewsbury North Western Relief Road which would provide a new 4.5 mile single carriageway road linking the northern and western parts of Shrewsbury. Approval is conditional on Shropshire Council securing planning and other legal consents, carrying out procurement and submitting a Full Business Case.
Written Evidence May. 01 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: It is a model that we think could be applied in regions across the country.
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: DES0034 - Devolution of employment support City of Wolverhampton Council Written Evidence
Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) for London, the Department for Transport, Slough Estates Group, Atkins and others for all their hard - Speech Link
2: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) By helping to shift journeys from private cars to public transport, the western rail link initiative - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) services now run from Reading, through Maidenhead, on to Paddington and through central London to the City - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) As a member of the Transport Committee, I was heavily involved in the scrutiny of Heathrow. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence May. 21 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: With Transport for Wales, we effectively have a single guiding mind covering all modes of transport
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release of 4 October 2023 on the redirection of HS2 funding to transport across the North and Midlands, what newly funded road schemes in the Midlands will be (a) in North Shropshire constituency and (b) funded by money redirected from HS2.
Answered by Huw Merriman
Network North has committed to redirected money from HS2 with the £19.8 billion committed to the Northern leg of HS2 reinvested in the North, the £9.6 billion committed to the Midlands reinvested in the Midlands, and the full £6.5 billion saved through our rescoped approach at Euston being spread across every other region in the country. We continue to work with our delivery partners to develop plans and deliver all projects and schemes announced as part of Network North, including agreement of funding allocations.
Of the £9.6 billion for the Midlands, North Shropshire will benefit from funding from a number of schemes under Network North:
It is important to note that it is at the discretion of Local Authorities to determine the allocation of funds from each of these schemes to specific projects and which schemes they choose to deliver within their areas.
Additionally, as part of Network North, we’ve committed to restoring the Oswestry to Gobowen line which will drive tourism, boosts local businesses, and encourage investment in the Shropshire area. We will announce further details in due course.
The Department has conditionally approved funding of £54.4 million towards the cost of the proposed Shrewsbury North Western Relief Road which would provide a new 4.5 mile single carriageway road linking the northern and western parts of Shrewsbury. Approval is conditional on Shropshire Council securing planning and other legal consents, carrying out procurement and submitting a Full Business Case.