Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 43480

High Speed 2 Line: Birmingham

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Gareth Bacon

ConservativeOrpington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to retain passive provision for the HS2 junction north of Birmingham Interchange.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department’s priority is on delivering Phase 1 at the lowest reasonable cost. We continue to review the wider position we inherited on rail infrastructure and will announce more details in due course.