Question follow-through · 52052

Transport: North of England

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled PM: North will no longer be held to ransom by broken transport system, published on 28 March 2025, how these projects will be funded.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled PM: North will no longer be held to ransom by broken transport system, published on 28 March 2025, how these projects will be funded.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    Where these projects required funding in 25/26, this funding has already been allocated to the Department for Transport. Funding allocations for future years will be set out at the upcoming spending review on June 11th.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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