Question follow-through · 118865

Department for Transport: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will achieve an average 5% annual real-terms reduction in resource spending between 2025-26 and 2028-29.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
12 Mar 2026
Answer
12 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will achieve an average 5% annual real-terms reduction in resource spending between 2025-26 and 2028-29.

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Spending plans for the period from 2025-26 to 2028-29 were agreed with HM Treasury as part of the Spending Review 2025 settlement and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2025-document.They were amended as part of the...

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