{"value":{"id":1843626,"askingMemberId":4358,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-10-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-10-27T00:00:00","uin":"83839","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the Midlands Rail Hub West Chord link; and when this work will be completed.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4943,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-10-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In the 2025 Spending Review the Chancellor committed to progress the next stage of Midlands Rail Hub, building on £123m previously released. Network Rail are procuring a contractor to design and build the scheme. The western scope of MRH is due to be completed in the early 2030s.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Railways: West Midlands","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1843626","method":"GET"}]}