Correspondence May. 14 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: We are bringing together High -Speed Rail Group with Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) to become Major
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help increase business investment in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Department for Business and Trade works with partners to promote investment opportunities across the North West to overseas investors and provide support for businesses wishing to be based within the region.
The Government is investing £80 million in the Liverpool City Region Freeport and £320 million in Investment Zones in the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester creating new jobs and attracting new businesses. Both the Investment Zone and Freeport have key locations in St Helens.
The Government also supports a range of programmes dedicated to helping businesses to grow. In March this year, we launched the second-generation Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, with £660 million committed to support debt and equity finance for businesses across the North of England. Since its launch in 2012, the Start Up Loans programme has provided over £121 million of loans to new entrepreneurs across the North West region, as of 13 September 2023.
May. 09 2024
Source Page: HS2 Residents’ Commissioner report 20Found: Old Oak Common to Euston link and the adapt ation of the Phase 2b proposals into the proposed new Northern
Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) Despite slogans such as “big society”, “northern powerhouse”, and “levelling up”, the Conservative party - Speech Link
2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby and Ainsty) It is yet another damning example of the age-old Conservative habit of breaking promises made to northern - Speech Link
Oral Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: policy development has taken place so far, and we think that that is why the UK has become such a powerhouse
Mentions:
1: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) deprived, very rural areas.In 2023, the all-party parliamentary group on rural business and the rural powerhouse - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) I want to extend my thanks to all my colleagues across the House, including those from Northern Ireland - Speech Link
May. 07 2024
Source Page: National Academy focused on Mathematical SciencesFound: responsible for delivering on the government’s ambition to be a global science, research and technology powerhouse
Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) Andy Burnham, recently re-elected as a Labour mayor, about the MoU with North Carolina and what the northern - Speech Link
2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) and not a blanket position.We have a very interesting future on the border, largely because of the Northern - Speech Link
Asked by: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when strategic development of the Parish of Millington and Rostherne to Liverpool section of Northern Powerhouse Rail commenced; who is responsible for overseeing that work; what the estimated timeline for completing the work is; and what budget his Department has allocated for delivering that section.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) and Network North set out the strategic plan and funding for Northern Powerhouse Rail. The high-level route will continue to be developed as set out in the IRP. This includes sections of the track between the Parish of Millington and Rostherne and Liverpool. The government is working closely with our delivery partners including Network Rail and HS2 Ltd to achieve this. The government aims to complete Northern Powerhouse Rail by the mid-2040s.
Asked by: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when strategic development of the Manchester Piccadilly to West Yorkshire section of Northern Powerhouse Rail commenced; who is responsible for overseeing that work; what the estimated timeline for completing the work is; and what budget his Department has allocated for delivering that section.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) and Network North set out the strategic plan and funding for Northern Powerhouse Rail. The high-level route will continue to be developed as set out in the IRP. This includes sections of the track between Manchester Piccadilly to West Yorkshire. The government is working closely with our delivery partners including Network Rail and HS2 Ltd to achieve this. The government aims to complete Northern Powerhouse Rail by the mid-2040s.