Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether members of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council have been appointed; on what basis those appointments will be made; and if he will publish that Council’s relationship to (a) Transport for the North and (b) the Department’s Transport Acceleration Unit.
The Secretary of State has invited all Northern Metro Mayors and leaders to be members of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council.
The Council is a forum to discuss priority transport projects and make sure they are being progressed at pace, providing a mechanism for speeding up decision making. The work of the Acceleration Unit will support it in doing so. TfN will continue its role of bringing together members and developing strategic advice for the Department.