Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to improve local transport infrastructure in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Kidsgrove.

My Honourable Friend will know that Budget 2020 confirmed that Stoke-on-Trent will receive a share of £117 million of the wider Transforming Cities Fund subject to further business case approval, a share of the £500m Potholes Fund in 2020-21, and £18.5 million investment in the Etruria Valley Link Road from the Local Growth Fund.

I believe the Transport Secretary will be providing details of Stoke-on-Trent’s allocation from the Transforming Cities Fund in the coming months, as well as confirming allocations from the £250 million Emergency Active Travel Fund announced on 9 May as the first stage in a £2 billion package to create new era for cycling and walking over this Parliament.