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Transport Devolution Deal: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Thursday 11 March 2021 · 2 questions

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Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has recently carried out a review on the progress of the 2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough devolution deal.
  • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was not allocated money from the intra-city transport settlement in the recent Budget.
  • The Government are investing in Cambridgeshire based on factors including population, economic growth rates, and congestion.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Daniel Zeichner Lab Cambridge
Transport Local Government
Context

The question follows a review by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the progress of the 2017 devolution deal.

Question

What assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the 2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough devolution deal on transport connectivity in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Peterborough?

Answer from Chris Heaton-Harris

The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has recently carried out a review on the progress of the devolution deal, and I understand that the outcome of that will be announced in due course.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Specific assessment details were not provided

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Q2 Daniel Zeichner Lab Cambridge
Housing Transport
Context

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough did not receive intra-city transport funding, is still awaiting £45 million in housing funding, and received only 75% of the indicative amount for active travel.

Question

In the Budget last week, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was the only mayoral authority not to get money from the intra-city transport settlement. We are still awaiting the blocked £45 million in housing funding, and we got just 75% of the indicative amount for active travel, when everyone else got at least 95%. What have the Government got against Cambridgeshire? Isn't the Mayor a chum?

Answer from Chris Heaton-Harris

The cities eligible for the intra-city fund announced in the spending review 2020 have been chosen with the appropriate governance and on the basis of a range of factors, including population, economic growth rates and congestion. The Government are already investing substantially in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough through the £1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade that was completed last year and a devolved allocation of £95 million from the transforming cities fund for 2020 to 2023, and we are also developing plans for a new Cambridge South station and, obviously, East West Rail.

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Not addressed: Explanation for lack of intra-city transport funding was not provided in detail

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