Question follow-through · 2804
Department for Transport: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to transition from short-term innovation grant funding to longer-term commercial and procurement support for suppliers; and what strategy she has implemented to apply the Pro
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to transition from short-term innovation grant funding to longer-term commercial and procurement support for suppliers; and what strategy she has implemented to apply the Pro
21 May 2026
Target answer date
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27 May 2026
Answer published
A recent report published by NAO noted that the department has developed guidance to help officials consider the full range of levers available to drive innovation into adoption, rather than defaulting to grant funding alone.The department continues to en...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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