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	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the UK spent as a proportion of GDP on transport infrastructure in 2017-18; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the proportion of UK GDP spent on transport infrastructure compared with the average proportion spent by (a) the G7 and (b) the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	199787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>In 2017-18, the UK’s public sector expenditure was £20.5 billion on transport capital investment. This is roughly 1% of GDP – a 0.25 percentage point increase on 4 years ago.</p><p> </p><p>Reliable international comparisons for transport infrastructure spend are difficult due to data availability. Within the UK, the devolved administrations also have responsibilities for transport investment.</p><p> </p><p>However, this government is building on this investment with the £28.8 billion National Roads Fund announced at Budget to invest in English roads, £47.9 billion for the railway in England and Wales in Control Period 6 and undertaking one of the largest engineering projects in Europe – HS2.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2018 14:33:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1185844

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to improve local transport infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	30874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the transport links that people rely on every day.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced a new England-wide Potholes Fund that will provide £500 million a year, resulting in a 50% increase to local road maintenance budgets in 2020‑21. Alongside this, the Budget also announced the development of 15 local road upgrades across the country.</p><p> </p><p>It also confirmed over £1 billion worth of allocations to shovel-ready local transport upgrades across nine city regions through the Transforming Cities Fund, and the intention is to agree long-term transport settlements with eight elected Mayors starting in 2022-23 worth £4.2bn.</p><p> </p><p>These commitments build on the Prime Minister’s announcement of £5 billion for buses and cycling.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 25/03/2020 14:55:27 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1186392

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what fiscal steps he is taking to improve local transport infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
	tabling member printed	Miss Sarah Dines
	uin	901712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the transport links that people rely on every day.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced a new England-wide Potholes Fund that will provide £500 million a year, resulting in a 50% increase to local road maintenance budgets in 2020‑21. Alongside this, the Budget also announced the development of 15 local road upgrades across the country.</p><p> </p><p>It also confirmed over £1 billion worth of allocations to shovel-ready local transport upgrades across nine city regions through the Transforming Cities Fund, and the intention is to agree long-term transport settlements with eight elected Mayors starting in 2022-23 worth £4.2bn.</p><p> </p><p>These commitments build on the Prime Minister’s announcement of £5 billion for buses and cycling.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 24/03/2020 17:00:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines

1280338

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What fiscal steps his Department is taking to improve transport connectivity throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
	uin	911380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has also made over £12 billion available to transport services across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/01/2021 15:55:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

384768

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the National Infrastructure Plan of 2014 is implemented in full.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	3453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to delivering the National Infrastructure Plan alongside a commitment to invest over £100 billion of public spending over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/06/2015 15:12:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon