Question follow-through · 100866
Trams
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and leaders of local authorities, to increase tram services in towns and cities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and leaders of local authorities, to increase tram services in towns and cities.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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12 Jan 2026
Answer published
Government recognises the valuable role that tramways and mass transit networks can play as part of a truly integrated transport system, in the right circumstances, in our cities. Responsibility for mass transit systems (including tramways) is devolved in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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