High Speed 2 Line: West Midlands
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many jobs are projected to be created at (a) Birmingham Airport, (b) the NEC, (c) Arden Cross, and (d) Curzon Street following the completion of HS2.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
My Department is working closely with HS2 Ltd, across Whitehall and with local partners to understand the potential employment impacts of HS2 in the West Midlands and how we ensure these are realised. While the Government has not made an assessment of job numbers by individual site, HS2 Ltd’s 2024 publication From Trains to Cranes: HS2 and the West Midlands’ Development Boom estimates that over 30,000 jobs could be added to the West Midlands economy over the next decade.
The Department continues to work with Cabinet colleagues, local authorities and delivery partners to support the conditions needed for these employment opportunities to be realised as part of wider plans for economic growth and regeneration in the West Midlands.
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