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Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a regional transport strategy to improve connectivity between towns.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
13 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 6 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a regional transport strategy to improve connectivity between towns.

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Transport doesn’t stop at local authority boundaries. It is therefore important that transport is also considered at a regional level to provide context for transport schemes and help improve connectivity between areas. In England, regional transport stra...

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