Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much each of the 10 National B Interchanges identified in the Better Rail Stations review as in need of priority funding have received since 2009; and if he will make a statement.
The following amounts of capital funding have been provided from a variety of sources at each of the ten stations named since 2009.
Manchester Victoria Station
Amount/Comment: 44.7m (from a number of sources) on station redevelopment (completed 2015) (made up of Access for All (AfA), National Stations Improvement Programme (NSIP) and Station Commercial Project Facility (SCPF) funding).
Clapham Junction Station
Amount/Comment: £13.1m AfA funding (2011).
Crewe Station
Amount/Comment: £7m franchise funding; £6.2m SCPF funding.
Warrington Bank Quay Station
Amount/Comment: £8.4m franchise funding; £690k NSIP funding
Barking Station
Amount/Comment: By the end of 2019, £5.5m will have been invested through the franchise, plus £350k of NSIP funding.
Preston Station
Amount/Comment: £14m of franchise funding; £710k NSIP funding.
Wigan North Weston Station
Amount/Comment: £10.4m franchise funding; £535k NSIP funding.
Luton Station
Amount/Comment: £5m of Local Sustainable Transport Funding was allocated to Luton Borough Council as a block; DfT does not hold information on how much was allocated by the Council to the railway station, but this money part-funded the High Town footbridge, the bus interchange and station forecourt enhancements, removal of old station footbridge and provision of new staircase at front of station. £180k delivered through franchise funding. £1.9m NSIP funding (recently deferred). These figures exclude 12-car platform extensions and new multi-storey car park (delivered by Network Rail).
Liverpool Central Station
Amount/Comment: Funding at Liverpool Central station is a devolved matter for Merseytravel, and DfT does not hold complete information. However, £1m AfA funding was provided in CP4.
Stockport Station
Amount/Comment: £5m franchise funding; £11.6m SCPF funding.