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Transport written question – answered at on 6 March 2009.

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Photo of Bob Laxton Bob Laxton Labour, Derby North

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Hansard, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), where the design and engineering work to be carried out by Agility Trains for the new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines is to be carried out in the first three years of the contract.

Photo of Paul Clark Paul Clark Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport

Agility Trains expects the design and engineering work in the first three years of the contract to be split between the UK and Japan, with 50 UK-based design positions created from the point of contract award.

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