Question to the HM Treasury:

What fiscal steps his Department is taking to improve transport connectivity throughout the UK.

Improving transport connectivity throughout the UK is vital to the Government’s levelling up agenda. That is why at the Spending Review, the Government announced a new £4 billion Levelling Up Fund to invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities. This is in addition to already announced transport investment through intra-city transport settlements, the Transforming Cities Fund and RIS2.

Throughout the pandemic, the Government has also made over £12 billion available to transport services across the UK.