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Transport: EU Grants and Loans

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 31396, tabled on 16 March 2016

Question

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Conservative
Chesham and Amersham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment on projects which have received funding under the Connecting Europe Facility initiative.

Answer

Mr Robert Goodwill
Conservative
Scarborough and Whitby
Commons

Answered on

21 March 2016

Projects seeking funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) should show that they comply with EU Environmental Policy. The Department will undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment, where it is required to do so, in line with its legal obligations.

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Department for Transport
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