Written question asked by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) on Tuesday, 28 January 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 February 2020 (named day). It was answered by Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative) on Monday, 3 February 2020 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Railways: Expenditure
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the new spending on re-opening historic railway lines announced on 28 January will (a) apply to England only and (b) result in Barnett consequentials for the devolved administrations.
- Answer
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The UK Government’s announcement is for £500m funding to support railway re-openings within the territory for which it has funding responsibility (England and Wales). It has no immediate implications for DfT’s spending limits, and therefore none for funding of railways in the Devolved Administrations.
The final profile and exact funding arrangements for the reversing Beeching Fund have not yet been agreed. Final decisions on funding will be made at the Spending Review in the usual way.
Her Majesty’s Government is clear about the benefit of pan UK connections. For example, elsewhere in the United Kingdom the Government is supporting the examination of the potential reopening of the Edinburgh- Carlisle ‘Waverley line’ as part of the Borders Growth Deal.
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- Reference
- 8970
- Session
- 2019-21
- Transferred
- Yes
- Subjects
- Devolution Expenditure Railways
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