Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the equity of the level of funding for public transport throughout the UK.

The Department has not made an assessment of the equity of the level of funding for public transport throughout the UK.

The Department does not allocate funding to transport on a ‘per head of population’ basis. Decisions are made based on a rigorous and fair appraisal process that ensures spending goes to the projects and programmes where it is most needed and delivers greatest value-for-money for both taxpayers and passengers.

Data from the HM Treasury Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) provides figures for total public expenditure on transport and how this varies across regions. The latest publication is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2017.