Question follow-through · 8596
Railways: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve rail transport links in rural areas to increase access to (a) the Duke of Edinburgh Award and (b) other youth services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve rail transport links in rural areas to increase access to (a) the Duke of Edinburgh Award and (b) other youth services.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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16 Oct 2024
Answer published
The government continues to be open to initiatives that improve rural railways, and a number of schemes delivered previously through the New Stations Fund have improved access to the rail network for more rural areas.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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