East West Rail Line: Finance

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 17 June 2025.

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Photo of Liz Saville-Roberts Liz Saville-Roberts Plaid Cymru, Dwyfor Meirionnydd

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the June 2025 Statement of Funding Policy, published on 11 June, and the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Wales during the oral question on Devolution: Crown Estate of 11 June, Official Report, column 958, whether the East-West rail project is classified by her department as carrying a 100% comparability factor for Wales.

Photo of Simon Lightwood Simon Lightwood Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The East-West rail project is classified as an England and Wales project. This approach applies to investment in heavy rail by the Department for Transport, including HS2 and East-West Rail, and is consistent with the funding arrangements for all other policy areas reserved in Wales as set out in the Statement of Funding Policy.

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