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	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to allocate Northern and Midland High Speed 2 infrastructure funding to connect Leigh with High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leigh’s closest HS2 station, Wigan North Western, will be served by HS2 trains following completion of HS2 Phase One in 2026, and by 2033 will be served by HS2 trains from London, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the costs of a direct rail line or rail journey times between Leigh and HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester Combined Authority with £2.5m to develop HS2 Growth Strategies, which include plans for improving connectivity across Greater Manchester to the planned HS2 stations. Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £300m to future-proof HS2 to support Transport for the North’s ambition for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between the North’s largest cities. Transport for the North are currently developing the business case for NPR, which includes investigating serving other significant economic centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 108495 108496 108497 question first answered 25/10/2017 14:19:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

773308

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment on the (a) feasibility and (b) cost of a direct rail line between Leigh and HS2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leigh’s closest HS2 station, Wigan North Western, will be served by HS2 trains following completion of HS2 Phase One in 2026, and by 2033 will be served by HS2 trains from London, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the costs of a direct rail line or rail journey times between Leigh and HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester Combined Authority with £2.5m to develop HS2 Growth Strategies, which include plans for improving connectivity across Greater Manchester to the planned HS2 stations. Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £300m to future-proof HS2 to support Transport for the North’s ambition for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between the North’s largest cities. Transport for the North are currently developing the business case for NPR, which includes investigating serving other significant economic centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 108482 108496 108497 question first answered 25/10/2017 14:19:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

781449

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost of a direct rail line between Leigh and High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State would expect Greater Manchester authorities to take the lead in developing local transport around Leigh, including any proposals for links to future HS2 stations.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/11/2017 14:06:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

782329

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will carry out a cost benefit analysis of the effect of High Speed 2 on Leigh.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has completed the cost benefit analysis in the North West as part of the Phase 2b Economic Case (July 2017). It showed that the current Phase 2b scheme is the best way to provide the desired capacity, connectivity and economic growth benefits to the Midlands and the North.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/11/2017 16:37:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt