Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rail infrastructure schemes in the East of England on regional economic growth.

The Department has not made a combined assessment of regional economic growth of all projects relating to the East of England region.

The Department undertakes appraisal of business cases on a project-by-project basis. This appraisal attempts to quantity impacts such as user benefits, environmental impacts, economic impacts and any other wider impacts.