Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of capacity at Sheffield railway station.

The Department has recently remitted Network Rail £3.5m as part of the Sheffield Station Capacity scheme, to assess the viability of extending platforms 2c and 7 and providing a turnback to the north at platform 6, along with associated track works, to improve the capacity and resilience of Sheffield station. If Network Rail consider there is a viable proposition, they will submit a Decision to Deliver later in 2023 to be considered by the Department. Network Rail is also considering the case for a longer-term rail study for the Sheffield area.