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Transport: Isle of Wight

Asked by Richard QuigleyLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 28 October 2025UIN 83621

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the availability of funding for a fixed-link viability study to the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Department for Transport has not made an assessment of the availability of funding for a fixed-link viability study to the Isle of Wight. We believe that decisions on transport interventions for a local community are best made at local level and it would be for the Local Authority to lead any feasibility study work.

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