Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescales are for making Local Transport Fund payments to local authorities.

The Local Transport Fund is a £4.7 billion fund beginning in 2025 for seven years. The money will start to be paid from early next year, giving councils time now to prepare. The Department will shortly publish advice for local authorities. We will ask local authorities to determine their local transport priorities and develop delivery plans so that they are ready to deliver improvements with Local Transport Fund funding from April 2025.