Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion has been reduced from Transport for the North's budget.

Transport for the North’s (TfN) core funding for financial year 2022-23 totals £6.5m, a rise of £500k on the previous year. This is made up of a base grant of £6.1m and an additional £400k to cover TfN’s new Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) role.

In the next financial year, Transport for the North will transition from NPRco-client to co-sponsor. As such, the funding previously provided to TfN to contract Network Rail and other stakeholders will now directly flow through the Department.

The Department will also continue to support the Rail North Partnership in the coming financial year and will inform TfN once the level of funding is finalised.