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A12: Repairs and Maintenance

Asked by Priti PatelConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 70422

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 66154 on A12: Repairs and Maintenance, if she will publish the evidence she assessed when making the decision to cancel the A12 widening scheme.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

There are no plans to publish officials’ advice to Ministers, as has been the usual practice of successive administrations, including the one the Rt Hon Lady served in.

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