Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 80170

Department for Transport: Rural Areas

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to strengthen retrospective rural-proofing of her Department's policies.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department keeps the impact of its policies on rural communities up and down the country under continual review and has strengthened retrospective rural-proofing in three ways.Firstly our Transport Appraisal framework is rigorous and provides structur...

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