Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the development of new railway stations at (a) Leeds Bradford Airport, (b) White Rose and (c) Thorpe Park.

In 2021, the Department announced the results of the £32m New Stations Fund 3, which included £5m for White Rose and £7m for Thorpe Park. White Rose is currently expected to open at the end of 2023, and Thorpe Park in 2024.

The Department also provided the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) with funding to develop the business case for a new Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway Station, through the £173.5m Leeds Public Transport Improvement Programme. WYCA is planning to complete its Final Business Case for the station later this year, with the delivery phase due to start in 2024, subject to planning consent.