Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15470

Roads: Finance

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

ConservativeBasildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any road schemes have had their expenditure reprofiled as part of the funding changes announced alongside the increase in defence spending.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
To support the government’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP), the Department for Transport has identified potential savings from its roads budgets. No final decisions have been made, and the Department will carefully consider the responses to the consultatio...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 15470) →