Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What funding her Department is providing to help tackle health inequalities in Essex.”
Tabled: 29 November 2023Answered: 5 December 2023
Asked by
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Lilian Greenwood)
Electrification is progressing on the midland main line, with the new overhead line equipment from Kettering to Wigston, just south of Leicester, now installed and energised. That, together with enhancements to overhead line equipment south of Bedford, will enable new bi-mode trains to run electric from St Pancras to Wigston from 2025.