Railways: North of England

(asked on 19th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 158166, what steps he will take to ensure that bids for the third round of the Ideas Fund will be assessed and chosen independently and objectively.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 29th March 2021

Recommendations for funding will be made by an Expert Panel following assessment by my Department, its technical advisers and Network Rail. This is the same approach as was taken in the previous two rounds.

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