Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 90160

Ports: Investment

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage investment in port infrastructure.

Answer

Keir Mather
The UK’s ports sector is largely privately owned and operated, with the Government’s role primarily to ensure that the policy and regulatory environment supports investment. Ports policy is devolved, with the Department for Transport responsible for ports...

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