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Ports: Costs

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 110087

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the costs to port developers of the requirement in paragraph 4.7.23 of the draft National Policy Statement for Ports to provide infrastructure to support alternative fuels and zero

Answered by Keir Mather

The costs of providing appropriate infrastructure will be determined on a case-by-case basis as applications progress. The final text of the National Policy Statement for Ports will be published in due course.

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