Question follow-through · 107930
Transport: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Green Book cost benefit analysis accounts for (a) economic and (b) connectivity issues when assessing transport infrastructure proposals in rural areas lik
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Green Book cost benefit analysis accounts for (a) economic and (b) connectivity issues when assessing transport infrastructure proposals in rural areas lik
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department’s Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG) provides methods and advice for assessing the impacts of schemes on economic activity and connectivity. This is mainly from direct benefits to travel users from reductions in travel time, and service impr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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