Liam Byrne MP: written questions
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Written questions
Transport and UnemploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of transport connectivity investments in reducing unemployment in deprived areas.
Answer: The Department regularly considers how transport connectivity could support employment and is strengthening its related guidance and evidence. Recognising that the impact of connectivity on unemployment outcomes is very context-dependent, the Department i...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to allocate funding to complete Birmingham tram routes that received partial funding in the 2025 Spending Review.
Answer: Extensions to the Birmingham Metro are being delivered by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Funding for local transport in the West Midlands is largely devolved, and WMCA has been allocated £2.4bn of Transport for City Regions funding up to 2031/32...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the return on investment of public transport infrastructure connecting areas of high unemployment to HS2 employment sites.
Answer: The Department has not published a single quantified assessment specifically of connectivity between areas of high unemployment and HS2 employment sites in the West Midlands.Evidence shows significant regeneration and employment growth around HS2 stations...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of public transport connectivity between areas of high unemployment and HS2 employment sites in the West Midlands.
Answer: The HS2 station at Birmingham Curzon Street is being constructed with an integrated tram stop on the West Midlands Metro Birmingham Eastside Extension, which is expected to connect the station to Digbeth and the Sports Quarter, as well as the wider tram n...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve public transport connectivity between Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency and major employment sites at Birmingham Airport and the NEC.
Answer: The Government is supporting improvements to public transport connectivity in the West Midlands through the £2.4 billion Transport for City Regions settlement allocated to the West Midlands Combined Authority up to 2031/32. This devolved funding enables W...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many jobs are projected to be created at (a) Birmingham Airport, (b) the NEC, (c) Arden Cross, and (d) Curzon Street following the completion of HS2.
Answer: My Department is working closely with HS2 Ltd, across Whitehall and with local partners to understand the potential employment impacts of HS2 in the West Midlands and how we ensure these are realised. While the Government has not made an assessment of job...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to ensure public transport connectivity between areas of high unemployment and employment sites created by HS2 in the West Midlands.
Answer: The HS2 station at Birmingham Curzon Street is being constructed with an integrated tram stop on the West Midlands Metro Birmingham Eastside Extension, which is expected to connect the station to Digbeth and the Sports Quarter, as well as the wider tram n...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the projected cost-benefit ratio of completing the East Birmingham tram extension.
Answer: The East Birmingham extension is being developed by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) as part of its devolved transport programme. WMCA is responsible for developing the business case for the scheme, including its economic appraisal and assessme...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the current status of tram route designs between Digbeth and Birmingham International Airport.
Answer: West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is responsible for developing plans for extensions to the Birmingham Metro network. The Department continues to work with WMCA to support their mass transit ambitions and looks forward to receiving further details o...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include funding for the East Birmingham tram extension to Birmingham Airport in the next spending review.
Answer: The Birmingham Eastside Extension, is being delivered by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Funding for local transport in the West Midlands is largely devolved, and WMCA has been allocated £2.4bn of Transport for City Regions funding up to 2031/32...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the timeline for completing the East Birmingham tram extension from Digbeth through Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and Tile Cross to Birmingham International Airport, the NEC and
Answer: Funding for local transport in the West Midlands is largely devolved. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has been allocated £2.4bn of Transport for City Regions funding up to 2031/32, with decisions on how this funding is allocated taken by the M...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHeartlands Hospital: Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance handover time was at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital A&E in (a) 2024-25 and (b) the most recent quarter for which data is available.
Answer: Ambulance handover performance is not published at a hospital level. NHS England does publish data on handover delays at a National Health Service trust level. Birmingham Heartlands Hospital is part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Tr...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average A&E capacity utilisation rate is for (a) Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, (b) University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and (c) England.
Answer: NHS England does not publish an accident and emergency (A&E) capacity utilisation for individual hospitals, National Health Service trusts or England. Consequently, the Department cannot provide the requested figures from published data.The closest pu...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the correlation between maternity unit infrastructure quality and infant mortality rates in areas of high deprivation.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made of the correlation between maternity unit infrastructure quality and infant mortality rates in areas of high deprivation.In 2024, NHS England invited all trusts providing maternity and neonatal care to complete a mater...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many A&E departments are regularly treating patients in corridors; and what steps he is taking to help end this practice.
Answer: NHS England began publishing validated corridor care data for the first time on 11 June 2026. The data is published at a trust level and therefore does not identify how many individual accident and emergency departments are regularly treating patients in ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of A&E infrastructure on (a) staff retention and (b) clinical safety at hospitals operating above design capacity.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of accident and emergency infrastructure on staff retention at hospitals operating above design capacity.The Government is committed to making the National Health Service the best place to wo...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordKashmir: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking in response to recent developments in Azad Jammu and Kashmir to (a) support British nationals in the region in accessing consular assistance, (b) ass
Answer: The UK is concerned by developments in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, including reports of loss of life of both security personnel and civilians. We recognise that restricted internet and mobile data services in the region will be causing concern for dias...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: BirminghamDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 31More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is responsible for the residual liabilities associated with the former DWP office at the junction of St Margaret's Avenue and Church Walk in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull Nor
Answer: DWP exited the property in 2006. The office was part of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) that ended in 2018. The department is keeping this under review.
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of public transport connectivity between areas of high unemployment and HS2 employment sites in the West Midlands.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues on the expected number of new jobs at (a) Birmingham Airport, (b) The NEC, Birmingham, (c) Arden Cross Interchange, and (d) Birmingham Curzon Street station
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to my Rt Hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to ensure public transport connectivity between areas of high unemployment and employment sites created by HS2 in the West Midlands.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected cost-benefit ratio is of completing the East Birmingham tram extension.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of tram route designs between Digbeth and Birmingham International Airport.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to allocate funding for the East Birmingham tram extension to Birmingham Airport in the next spending review.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTrams: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for completion of the East Birmingham tram extension from Digbeth through Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and Tile Cross to Birmingham International Airport, the NEC and Arden Cross
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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