Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new steps he will take to support improving key roads that are not part of the Major Road Network, outside existing commitments.

The Government currently has a number of programmes running that support improvements to local roads that are not part of the Major Road Network. This includes the development of business cases under the Large Local Majors programme; projects approved and under construction funded through the Local Growth Fund and other funding sources and the Integrated Transport Block for small scale projects, which is paid by formula to all local highways authorities in England, outside London. For future Budgets and Spending Rounds, the Government will consider the case for further investment for improvements to local roads.