Question follow-through · 10771
Rapid Transit Systems: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to increase funding available for very light rail projects.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to increase funding available for very light rail projects.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
We are considering how best to support mass transit long-term as part of the Spending Review and we will work closely with local authorities to understand what is needed to improve and grow their networks by learning from their experiences and building on...
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