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Transport: Rural Areas

Asked by Jerome MayhewConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 27 April 2026UIN 127480

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March to Question 121936, when her Department expects work to be completed on the transport poverty tool.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport is actively working with other government departments, local authorities and academics to undertake the necessary development work for the transport poverty tool and to understand where it could be most effective in decision-making. A decision on a release date has not yet been taken.

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