Dan Jarvis – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2015-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Sheffield City Region has not been involved in the Hendy review.

Andrew Jones

The Secretary of State has asked Sir Peter Hendy, as the new chair of Network Rail, to report to him this autumn with a proposal for re-planning the Control Period 5 enhancements (which covers the period 2014-2019) in a way that is efficient, deliverable and affordable. Sir Peter Hendy is engaging with stakeholders, including Sheffield City Region, and taking the views of industry into account as part of the wider context for his re-plan.