Written Assembly Questions tabled on 31 May 2017 for answer on 7 June 2017
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To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): Will the Cabinet Secretary outline the weightings given to the assessment criteria used at stage one of the new rail stations prioritisation process? (WAQ73619)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm whether cost / benefit ratios were calculated for all of the candidate stations considered at stage one of the new rail stations prioritisation process, and if so, how they were calculated and used in the appraisal process? (WAQ73620)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm whether cost/benefit ratios contained in any pre-existing Welsh Transport Appraisal Guidance assessments of stations included in the long-list of 46 candidate stations were used in stage one of the new rail stations prioritisation process, and if so, how? (WAQ73621)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): Will the Cabinet Secretary provide the scorings for each criterion used, as well as overall scores, for each assessment of the 46 new stations considered at Stage one of the new rail stations prioritisation process? (WAQ73622)
Answer received on 7 June 2017
The Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure (Ken Skates): I refer the Assembly Member to my recent letter to Assembly Members on 6 June which includes the Stage 1 Assessment Report on New Rail Stations Prioritisation containing the transport case assessment criteria.
The stage two assessment will look in more detail at the strength of the financial and economic case for a new railway station, including advice from Network Rail on deliverability. This is an on-going and iterative process and once the assessment of the priority list is completed there will be an opportunity to then consider the next group of regional stations.