Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Mayor of London advised him of the delays to Crossrail.

The Crossrail Board took the decision to delay the opening of the Elizabeth line central section between Paddington and Abbey Wood on Wednesday 29^th August 2018. Crossrail Limited – the organisation responsible for constructing the new railway and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transport for London (which will itself be responsible for operating the new train service) - notified the Secretary of State of that decision on Thursday 30th August 2018.