Shipping: Investment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78703 on Shipping: Investment, what proportion of that £448 million will be spent in coastal (a) towns and (b) cities; and what steps she is taking to ensure that funding is directed to those areas.
Answered by Keir Mather
The £448 million funding will primarily be allocated through open competitions rather than direct grants to select coastal towns or cities. The competitions are designed to support maritime businesses including those in the UK’s coastal communities. Detailed competition scopes and assessment criteria will be published alongside competition announcements during the funding period.
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