Local Transport Funding 2024-11-21
2024-11-21
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Q1
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The question arises from the need for financial assistance to local transport authorities and mayors to ensure adequate service provision.
What financial support is being provided to local transport authorities and mayors?
In the Budget, the Government confirmed over £1 billion of funding to support bus services, an additional £200 million for eligible mayors, over £650 million for local transport outside the city regions, a £500 million increase in local highways maintenance and £485 million for Transport for London, which includes funding for rolling stock on the Piccadilly and Elizabeth lines.
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The question pertains to ensuring constituents can commute reliably with the ongoing initiatives such as zero emission buses.
May I, too, associate myself with the tributes paid to the late Lord Prescott? I commend the Government's initiatives to increase connectivity across London. Nearly half of my constituents in Ilford South travel by public transport. What support is the Secretary of State providing to the Mayor of London and TfL?
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his championing of his constituents' ability to commute affordably and reliably. The Government provided Transport for London with £485 million of capital funding for 2025-26, which includes funding for the procurement of new trains and rolling stock.
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