Transport written question – answered at on 14 November 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the effects of High Speed 2 on levels of youth unemployment.
There was no direct assessment of the effect of HS2 on youth unemployment, however, the London-West Midlands portion of the proposed high speed rail network would support the creation of over 40,000 jobs, across a range of sectors and in some relatively poorer performing areas of Birmingham and London. The wider network supported by the Government would be likely to offer similar opportunities in the cities of Northern England.
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