Department for Transport: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 80170 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to strengthen retrospective rural-proofing of her Department's policies.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Oct 2025
The Department keeps the impact of its policies on rural communities up and down the country under continual review and has strengthened retrospective rural-proofing in three ways.Firstly our Transport Appraisal framework is rigorous and provides structur...