Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to produce an indicative projection of funding across the Spending Review period for Transport for the North.

Transport for the North (TfN) is a devolved, statutory body and, as such, the Department is required to fund it at a level commensurate with its statutory functions. This provides TfN with a degree of certainty over future funding that other, non-statutory Subnational Transport Bodies do not have.

As outlined in TfN’s funding letter of February 2022, and in line with other Subnational Transport Bodies, TfN’s future funding will depend on how effectively it performs over the current financial year and the extent to which it is providing additional value and benefit to the North of England.