Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 70422

A12: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 66154 on A12: Repairs and Maintenance, if she will publish the evidence she assessed when making the decision to cancel the A12 widening scheme.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
There are no plans to publish officials’ advice to Ministers, as has been the usual practice of successive administrations, including the one the Rt Hon Lady served in.