Bridget Phillipson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2015-11-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3 (d)(a) of the North East Devolution Agreement, what funds the Government will provide for phase 2 of the Metro.

Andrew Jones

The Spending Review 2015, as announced last week by my Right Honourable Friend, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, confirmed that a total of £120m has been allocated by way of capital grant, for the five year period 2016-2017 to 2020-2021, for Metro reinvigoration phase 2.

This represents total central government funding of £317m to support asset renewals on the Metro since 2010 and will allow Nexus to plan with certainty its programme of works over the next five years.