Written questions

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...