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1667897

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will redirect funding that would have otherwise been used for the cancelled phase 2 of HS2 to electrification of the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton line.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>I am aware of and grateful for Midlands Connect’s Strategic Outline Business Case which sets out the case for the electrification of the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton line, as well as work from other local parties to identify and promote improvements to the line.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to a rail infrastructure portfolio which delivers benefits for rail users and value for money for the taxpayer. Individual schemes are assessed on their alignment with Government priorities and the strength of their business cases in line with the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline policy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/11/2023 14:48:06 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1609881

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) reliability of and (b) level of priority allocated to railway services running between (i) Wolverhampton and (ii) Shrewsbury.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	180014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Recent levels of reliability on railway services through Shrewsbury have not been acceptable due to a combination of train and infrastructure issues. Train issues have resulted from Transport for Wales (TfW) recently having to withdraw one of its fleets for safety checks, and from West Midlands Trains (WMT) introducing a new fleet on this route which (in common with all new fleets) is taking a while to reach the required levels of reliability.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there has been an increase in infrastructure issues, some caused by cable theft, and Network Rail has deployed mitigating measures such as enhanced patrols as a result.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) are closely working with WMT and officials from TfW on these issues. I am assured good progress has been made and improvements in services should be seen by passengers shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 180008 question first answered 20/04/2023 11:44:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1586802

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to take a decision on the upgrade of the railway line between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	146845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>Midlands Connect submitted a Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for its proposals to upgrade the railway between Shrewsbury and Birmingham to the Department for Transport in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The benefits of upgrading the line are outlined in the SOBC, including an estimate of the economic impacts of the scheme. We are considering the case for upgrading this line in terms of value for money, affordability, and alignment with the Government’s strategic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to publishing the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) update as soon as possible to provide clarity on the progress of projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 146849 146850 question first answered 24/02/2023 09:58:11 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1586811

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the potential economic merits of enhancing the Shrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham rail line.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	146849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>Midlands Connect submitted a Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for its proposals to upgrade the railway between Shrewsbury and Birmingham to the Department for Transport in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The benefits of upgrading the line are outlined in the SOBC, including an estimate of the economic impacts of the scheme. We are considering the case for upgrading this line in terms of value for money, affordability, and alignment with the Government’s strategic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to publishing the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) update as soon as possible to provide clarity on the progress of projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 146845 146850 question first answered 24/02/2023 09:58:11 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1586812

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received on the business case for improvements to the Shrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham rail line.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	146850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>Midlands Connect submitted a Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for its proposals to upgrade the railway between Shrewsbury and Birmingham to the Department for Transport in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The benefits of upgrading the line are outlined in the SOBC, including an estimate of the economic impacts of the scheme. We are considering the case for upgrading this line in terms of value for money, affordability, and alignment with the Government’s strategic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to publishing the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) update as soon as possible to provide clarity on the progress of projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 146845 146849 question first answered 24/02/2023 09:58:11 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1352306

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of the Midlands Rail Hub project.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	41677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>Network Rail submitted the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for Midlands Rail Hub in August 2019, it was assessed in line with the HMT Green Book and approved by Ministers.</p><p>The next stage is the development of the Outline Business Case which is being progressed by Network Rail with input from Midlands Connect, the Department expects to receive initial reports in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2021 15:51:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1345859

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will release £11 million of funding from his Department's budget for track upgrades to the Shrewsbury to Birmingham railway line to reduce travel time between those stations from under an hour to 45 minutes.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	31364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department undertakes rigorous analysis of the potential benefits and costs of proposed schemes before making funding decisions. Midlands Connect have previously estimated that the full costs for the complete delivery of scheme improvements to be around £200m. It is developing a strategic outline business case for this project which the Department expects to receive by the end of 2021. Any decision on further development will be taken in line with the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline policy, which will include consideration of business case and affordability, in the context of the wider rail enhancements portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 19/07/2021 16:26:07 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1342905

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of track upgrade works on the Birmingham-Shrewsbury railway line on (a) levels of rail travel and (b) the UK's progress to becoming carbon neutral.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	25759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Midlands Connect is currently developing proposals to improve the rail connection between Birmingham and Shrewsbury. The outputs of this work will be presented in a strategic outline business case. Electrification of the line is also being considered as part of this work, which would contribute towards the Government’s ambition to reduce carbon emissions to net zero.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/07/2021 14:16:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1338645

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential (a) timescale for delivery, (b) cost to the public purse and (c) fiscal merits of a railway track upgrade that would reduce the time to travel between Shrewsbury and Birmingham to 45 minutes.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	19556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Midlands Connect is currently developing proposals to improve journey times between Birmingham and Shrewsbury. Its recommendations will be presented later this year in a strategic outline business case. This will assess the infrastructure enhancements required, timescales for delivery, costs, and financial benefits of the scheme. No formal assessment has been made by the Department ahead of their expected submission.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 28/06/2021 15:05:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1282975

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail services in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	147746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>Passengers in the West Midlands will see the introduction of two new fleets of electric and diesel trains on local services commencing later this year. Cross Country is also adding carriages to some of its local services into Birmingham in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The West Midlands network also plans to grow by adding new stations on existing lines to serve communities that lost their rail services during the 20th century. These include three stations on the Camp Hill Line in south Birmingham, and two in the Black Country to serve the towns of Willenhall and Darlaston.</p><p> </p><p>On infrastructure, the Department is working with Network Rail and Midlands Connect to develop an Outline Business Case for the Midlands Rail Hub. This work will further develop infrastructure proposals to enable up to ten additional trains per hour to serve central Birmingham.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/02/2021 14:25:04 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell