Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 122318

Railways: York

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Tom Gordon

Liberal DemocratHarrogate and Knaresborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an impact assessment was made before the suspension of the York Area Capacity Scheme.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The decision taken at the Spending Review to pause activity on the York Area Capacity and Performance project taken after appropriate consideration of the project’s benefits and its interdependencies with other programmes of activity. Work is now underway...

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