Question follow-through · 120046
Ports: National Policy Statements
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 111444, whether her Department applies an economic test when determining whether costs are disproportionate to benefits for the purposes of assessing econo
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 111444, whether her Department applies an economic test when determining whether costs are disproportionate to benefits for the purposes of assessing econo
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
The process of determining whether costs are disproportionate to benefits does itself amount to an economic test.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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