Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 92470

Transport: Rural Areas

Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 25 November 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal DemocratInverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of rural depopulation on levels of transport-related emissions in remote communities.

Answer

Keir Mather
The Department for Transport has not made an assessment of the potential impact of rural depopulation on levels of transport-related emissions in remote communities.