Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that areas without a strategic transport authority receive long-term transport funding planning comparable to that available in devolved mayoral areas.

The Government is committed to supporting local leaders across the country to deliver transport that works for their communities, regardless of governance arrangements.

We are providing local leaders in England with £21bn of local transport funding until 2029/30, through consolidated, multi-year settlements, including £9.6bn in non-mayoral areas, which they can use to deliver their local transport priorities. The majority of local transport funding is allocated by formula to give a fair share of funding for all areas.

This approach ends the previous short-term funding model and ensures that areas without a strategic transport authority benefit from stable, multi-year settlements, enabling them to take a longer-term view of transport planning alongside mayoral areas.