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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 902019, tabled on 19 December 2024

Question

Matt Vickers
Conservative
Stockton West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department is providing for public transport projects in the North East.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Labour
Wakefield and Rothwell
Commons

Answered on

9 January 2025

We announced a £200m uplift for City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements in 2025/26, in addition to the £310m and £563m already allocated to Tees Valley and North East Combined Authority respectively. We announced a further £31m for buses in the region; reopened the Northumberland Line and funded new Metro trains.

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