Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the increase in cost of (a) running and repairing streetlights, (b) road maintenance and (c) building new roads and other local infrastructure, in Havering, in the context of the increased rate of inflation.

Transport in London is devolved and is the responsibility of the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). While the Department for Transport works closely with TfL on a range of issues, decisions on spending are entirely matters for TfL and/or the London boroughs where funding is devolved at the borough level. The Department is working closely with local government (including the Association for Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport) to understand increases in the cost of road maintenance, as well as associated supply chain issues.