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date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to reintroduce funding for small transport projects, similar to the previous Pinch Points Fund that was announced prior to the pandemic but not completed.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	69783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2020 the government announced a £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund (LUF) to invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities, including local transport schemes across the UK. LUF superseded previous local growth funding streams in England and any local authority, including local highway authorities, Combined Authorities, and those in the Devolved nations, may bid into the fund.</p><p> </p><p>In Round 1 of LUF, in October 2021, bids to the value of £1.69 billion were successful. The next round of grants are due to be awarded in autumn 2022. Further information on the Government’s plans for public spending will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 31/10/2022 15:08:21 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1483369

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reinstating a rail link between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham on (a) economic opportunities and (b) levelling up in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	25994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Midlands Connect produced an SOBC in May 2021 for this scheme, which examines the impacts of the proposed scheme on these areas.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to publishing the Rail Network Enhancements Programme update, which has been delayed by the need to take account of the impacts of the pandemic and the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/07/2022 15:58:02 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1483370

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will release Outline Business Case funding to enable Network Rail and Midlands Connect to progress the Coventry-Leicester-Nottingham rail improvement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	25995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Although unable to discuss individual projects at this time, the Government is now focusing our investment on rail infrastructure in the Midlands and the North. This will help deliver on the Government’s ambition to grow and level up the economy and provide equality of opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to publishing the RNEP update, which has been delayed by the need to take account of the impacts of the pandemic and the Spending Review. We want to provide as much clarity and certainty as possible on rail enhancements and will set out our plans shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/07/2022 16:00:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley