Written Question·Treasury·UIN 58256

East West Rail Line: Finance

Tabled: 9 June 2025

Answered: 12 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Ben Lake

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her Department's policy that the classification of the East-West rail project as carrying 100% comparability factor for Wales is a publishing error in each Statement of funding policy, published betwee

Answer

Darren Jones

The UK Government is responsible for heavy rail infrastructure across England and Wales so spends money on this in Wales rather than funding the Welsh Government to do so through the Barnett formula. This approach applies to investment in heavy rail by th...

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