Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for transport projects in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each of the last three years.

The Government has spent £8.4 billion on transport in the West Midlands region over the last three years, improving connectivity, shortening journey times, reducing congestion, and transporting people and goods.

Figures are not available at the level of individual local authorities. However, in Coventry, recent Government investment includes;

• £27.5m Local Growth Fund towards the completed North South Rail & Coventry Station Masterplan delivering improved capacity and accessibility at the station. Opened March '22.
• West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) awarded £50m for Coventry to become the UK's first All Electric Bus City, with all buses – replaced with electric buses, plus charging infrastructure.

Coventry also stands to benefit from allocations to West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) including

• An additional £2.5m for road surfacing as part of Network North.
• £1.05bn City Regional Sustainable Transport (CRST) Settlement 5-year allocation.
• £104m for 2022-25 to deliver bus improvements through their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
• £30m (March 2022) Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) funding towards hydrogen buses and infrastructure across the region.