Written questions

A47: Dual Carriageways

Commons · Question 7519 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 17 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the cost to the public purse of (a) scheme design and development, (b) environmental surveys, (c) ground investigations, (d) land acquisition, (e) legal and planning costs, (f) consultancy costs and (g

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 17 Jun 2026

National Highways is unable to provide the breakdown of costs for this scheme under these headings as they have categorised costs by stage. Regarding land acquisition, National Highways had incurred £1.343 million in land costs for the A47 Wansford to Sut...