Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 14931

National Highways: Public Relations

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 6 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues to National Highways on ensuring that expenditure on external affairs and public affairs activities complies with Cabinet Office guidance on the use of public funds for lobby

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Accounting Officers of DfT public bodies, including National Highways, are bound by Managing Public Money and Cabinet Office guidance. The Department reminds individual bodies, as necessary, of these rules and the expectations set out in section 4.1 of th...

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