Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the delivery of rail electrification as part of the Northern Hub rail project.

Rail electrification is not being delivered as part of the Northern Hub rail project. However, Network Rail are delivering Northwest electrification in phases. Phase 1 (Manchester Airport connection to the West Coast Main Line) and Phase 2 (Liverpool to Manchester and Liverpool to Wigan) have already been delivered. Network Rail is on course to deliver the next phases of electrification in the Northwest in accordance with its Enhancement Delivery Plan, which is updated quarterly.