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Transport: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport links between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
3 Apr 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport links between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

  2. 3 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Whilst transport is devolved, the Department for Transport is committed to enhancing links between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The Department is providing funding for Transport Scotland’s feasibility study to explore options to bypass the villages...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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