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The decision was taken based on the assessment of Expression of Interest applications against the six published selection criteria (alignment to levelling up principles; connected and easy to get to; opportunities for GBR; value for money; railway heritage and links to the network; and public support) and the result of the public vote. Derby\u2019s application scored highest in the critical assessment conducted by officials and also attracted the most public votes.<\/p>

The Great British Railways Transition Team has published the result of the public vote on their website: https://gbrtt.co.uk/what-we-do/hq/<\/a><\/p>

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The decision was made by the Secretary of State for Transport based on the assessment of EOI applications against the six published selection criteria (alignment to levelling up principles; connected and easy to get to; opportunities for GBR; value for money; railway heritage and links to the network; and public support) and the result of the public vote. Derby\u2019s application scored the highest in the critical assessment conducted by officials and attracted the most public votes.<\/p>

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As part of the competition process the previous Rail Minister and the Great British Railways Transition Team visited the six shortlisted locations between July and August 2022, during the six-week public vote.<\/p>

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In order to determine the best location for the Great British Railways Headquarters (GBR HQ), the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) was tasked with overseeing the process to select a national headquarters for Great British Railways.<\/p>

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GBRTT assessed the applications using six published criteria:<\/p>

  1. Alignment to Levelling Up objectives<\/li>
  2. Connected and easy to get to<\/li>
  3. Opportunities for GBR<\/li>
  4. Railway heritage and links to the network<\/li>
  5. Value for money<\/li>
  6. Public support, which included a public vote on the short-listed candidates.<\/li><\/ol>

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    An announcement on the final location of the GBR HQ will be made before the Easter break.<\/p>

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    A final decision and announcement will be made on the location for the GBR headquarters shortly.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4451", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Foster"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Torbay"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kevin Foster"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-10-26T09:06:58.177Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Great British Railways: Location"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to announce the location of the new headquarters for Great British Railways in 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4471", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachael Maskell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "York Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rachael Maskell"} ], "uin" : "69691"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 5, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }