Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

“What steps he is taking to reduce regional disparities in transport investment.”

Tabled: 27 January 2020Answered: 30 January 2020

Asked by

Afzal Khan

Labour — Manchester Rusholme

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Andrew Western)

To be frank, the current system is focused on the problems of yesterday. In the last Parliament, economic inactivity increased and the employment rate fell. We are planning fundamental reforms to the system that will focus on the problems of today and get more people into work, details of which will be set out in our forthcoming White Paper, “Get Britain Working”.