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Question follow-through · 22408

East West Rail Line: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of constructing East-West Rail in 2024 prices.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
9 Jan 2025
Answer
15 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of constructing East-West Rail in 2024 prices.

  2. 9 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    £1.3bn has been provided towards the delivery of East West Rail Connection Stage 1 (CS1) which will provide services from Oxford to Bletchley and Milton Keynes. The capital cost estimate for Connection Stages 2 (Oxford-Bedford) and 3 (Oxford-Cambridge) is...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring balancing ponds owned by National Highways to Internal Drainage Boards.

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National Highways: Flood Control

24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the maintenance regime for balancing ponds owned by National Highways.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

National Highways: Flood Control

24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of maintaining balancing ponds owned by National Highways.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

East West Rail Line: Railway Stations

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether railway stations on East-West Rail will be owned by the (a) public and (b) private sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

East West Rail Line

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to seek private capital investment for East-West Rail.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

East West Rail Line: Finance

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ringfencing funding for the entirety of the East West rail project.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

East West Railway Company: Employers' Contributions

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding has been provided from the public purse to offset the impact of changes to employers’ National Insurance contributions on the East-West Rail Company.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

East West Railway Company: Employers' Contributions

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department has made an estimate of the cost to the East-West Railway Company Limited of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

East West Rail Line: Construction

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22408 on East West Rail Line: Construction, if she will make an estimate of costs for financial year 2025-26.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

East West Rail Line: Construction

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the East West Railway Company Limited consultation document Connecting people, building communities, published in November 2024, and pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22408

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 64 of the document entitled GM 701 Asset delivery asset maintenance, published by Standards for Highways in March 2020, if her Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of H