Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the extent to which (a) funding and (b) other commitments for the new West Yorkshire mass transit system referenced on page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, are additional to those committed to under the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements.

Following the announcement of Network North, and as set out here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/city-region-sustainable-transport-settlements-2/network-north-crsts2-indicative-allocations-4-october-2023 the second round of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS2) indicative allocations for West Yorkshire Combined Authority were uplifted from £1.326bn to £2.115bn, an additional £789m as a result of savings from the cancellation of phase 2 of HS2. £500m of CRSTS2 funding is expected to go towards the delivery of the West Yorkshire mass transit system.

Network North also announced an additional £2bn of funding to be made available to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority from CRSTS3 and beyond, as a result of savings from the cancellation of phase 2 of HS2. We expect this funding will enable the authority to deliver Phase 1 of West Yorkshire Mass Transit.