Transport: Rural Areas

(asked on 22nd January 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to apply the findings of the 2025 Green Book Review to help ensure that transport schemes in rural areas like Cornwall receive adequate funding.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 30th January 2026

The government is changing the Green Book and how it is used to make sure that every region is given a fair hearing when it comes to investment.

That is why a shorter, more streamlined version of the Green Book will be published soon.

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