Question follow-through · 21219
Rolling Stock: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the lack of clarity on the northern leg of HS2 on the the train manufacturing industry in the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the lack of clarity on the northern leg of HS2 on the the train manufacturing industry in the UK.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department for Transport is developing a Rolling Stock Strategy. This will align with the wider objectives of the industry in ending the current variability in production rates and ensuring a stable pipeline of work for the rolling stock supply chain....
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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