Question follow-through · 902778
Transport: Economic Growth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2025
Answer published
Growth is the priority Mission of this government. Transport provides the connectivity needed to achieve it. We are improving connectivity through infrastructure programmes such as HS2, East West Rail, and the Transpennine Route Upgrade. We are empowering...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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