The creation of thousands of jobs is central to the Department and HS2 Ltd programme’s case for building the railway. The Department told us that the growth strategies of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands envisaged that the programme would bring up to 180,000 and 100,000 job respectively, plus around 65,000 jobs expected at Old Oak Common. It recognised, however, that it now needed to turn these expectations into a reality. While jobs created by investment in the areas that will benefi...

The creation of thousands of jobs is central to the Department and HS2 Ltd programme’s case for building the railway. The Department told us that the growth strategies of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands envisaged that the programme would bring up to 180,000 and 100,000 job respectively, plus around 65,000 jobs expected at Old Oak Common. It recognised, however, that it now needed to turn these expectations into a reality. While jobs created by investment in the areas that will benefit from the railway are promised to materialise once the programme is complete, the Department expects that thousands more jobs will be created to support Type: conclusion | Number: 21 | Response status: under_consideration