Question follow-through · 50637

Universal Studios: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on an infrastructure strategy for the Universal Studios project in Bedfordshire.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 7 May 2025
Target answer date: 12 May 2025
Answer: 12 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on an infrastructure strategy for the Universal Studios project in Bedfordshire.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
Officials from my Department continue to work closely with their counterparts across government, including HM Treasury and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to consider the infrastructure required around the site and in the local area to support...

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