Question follow-through · 27926
Railways: Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of building a rail connection between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham on (a) Leicester East, (b) Leicestershire and (c) England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of building a rail connection between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham on (a) Leicester East, (b) Leicestershire and (c) England.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
In December, the Chancellor launched the second stage of the Spending Review. This is a zero-based Spending Review, to ensure every line of spending – including the transport infrastructure portfolio – delivers the Plan for Change and provides good value ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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