East West Rail Line: Finance
Commons · Question 58256 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her Department's policy that the classification of the East-West rail project as carrying 100% comparability factor for Wales is a publishing error in each Statement of funding policy, published betwee
Answer
Answered by Darren Jones, 12 Jun 2025
The UK Government is responsible for heavy rail infrastructure across England and Wales so spends money on this in Wales rather than funding the Welsh Government to do so through the Barnett formula. This approach applies to investment in heavy rail by th...