Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 120046
Ports: National Policy Statements
Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 111444, whether her Department applies an economic test when determining whether costs are disproportionate to benefits for the purposes of assessing econo
Answer
Keir Mather The process of determining whether costs are disproportionate to benefits does itself amount to an economic test.