Question follow-through · 69881

Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her oral statement of 8 July on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, column 815-817, what the benefit-cost ratio is for each project.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her oral statement of 8 July on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, column 815-817, what the benefit-cost ratio is for each project.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Business case documents, costs and benefit cost ratios for major schemes, including for the Strategic Road Network and for relevant schemes in the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline are published on gov.uk.For the set of 50 schemes referenced in the Secret...

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