Written questions

Railways: York

Commons · Question 122318 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an impact assessment was made before the suspension of the York Area Capacity Scheme.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 26 Mar 2026

The decision taken at the Spending Review to pause activity on the York Area Capacity and Performance project taken after appropriate consideration of the project’s benefits and its interdependencies with other programmes of activity. Work is now underway...