Question follow-through · 6468

Ports: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that its proposed £1.8 billion funding for port infrastructure will lead to (a) economic growth and (b) job creation.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that its proposed £1.8 billion funding for port infrastructure will lead to (a) economic growth and (b) job creation.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    This government has announced the creation of a £7.3bn National Wealth Fund, for which investment in ports and supply chains has been identified as a priority. HM Treasury and the UK Infrastructure Bank are leading on the setting up of the NWF and agreein...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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