Transport: Finance
2026-06-24 · Department for Transport · 13235 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are available to her Department to oversee, monitor and intervene in the use of transport funding provided to mayoral combined authorities through City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements a
Answer
The original CRSTS settlement letters, published in 2022, set out the programme framework, including the Department's monitoring arrangements and the ability to withhold funding where programme objectives were not being met. Under CRSTS and its successor ...