Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 146982 on High Speed 2 Railway Line, whether the level of local funding to the High Speed Two station at Manchester Airport is greater than the average level of funding for stations in receipt of local funding.

Other station places along the Phase 2b route, such as Leeds, are proposed to have one HS2 station. Greater Manchester is proposed to have two HS2 stations; Manchester Airport station is a unique case in that it was included as part of the proposed route following petitioning by Greater Manchester and only agreed to on the basis of a locally-led funding package. The local funding expected from Greater Manchester is in recognition of these key differences.