Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jas Athwal and Louise Haigh

Thursday 21st November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Jas Athwal (Ilford South) (Lab)]

18. What financial support she is providing to local transport authorities and mayors.

[The Secretary of State for Transport (Louise Haigh)]

In the Budget, the Government confirmed over £1 billion of funding to support bus services, an additional £200 million for eligible mayors, over £650 million for local transport outside the city regions, a £500 million increase in local highways maintenance and £485 million for Transport for London, which includes funding for rolling stock on the Piccadilly and Elizabeth lines.

[Jas Athwal]

May I, too, associate myself with the tributes paid to the late Lord Prescott?

I commend the Government’s initiatives to increase connectivity across London. For example, the new zero emission buses are making public transport so much more convenient and greener. Nearly half of my constituents in Ilford South travel by public transport. What support is the Secretary of State providing to the Mayor of London, and TfL in particular, to ensure that my constituents can continue to commute to work?

[Louise Haigh]

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his championing of his constituents’ ability to commute affordably and reliably. The Government provided Transport for London with £485 million of capital funding for 2025-26, which includes funding for the procurement of new trains and rolling stock.