Please provide an update on what specific measures have been and are now being taken to safeguard the potential route for Crossrail 2. What is the timescale for completing the safeguarding?

A commitment for Transport for London (TfL) to work with the Department for Transport (DfT) to update the safeguarding for Crossrail 2 is included within the current funding agreement between TfL and the Government, and TfL has continued to work closely with DfT on this matter for some time.

Earlier this month I personally wrote to the Prime Minister on several matters, including emphasising that to make progress on Crossrail 2 we need to update the safeguarding of the route to reflect the latest preferred alignment. It is frustrating that a Memorandum of Understanding on a revised safeguarding for Crossrail 2 was supplied to the DfT over two years ago now, but they have yet to agree to it.