Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has (a) allocated and (b) plans to allocate to (i) Transport for London, (ii) Transport for the North and (iii) Rail North in each year from 2012-13 to 2020-21.

There is no proper direct comparison to be drawn between these organisations in relation to funding.

The Mayor of London is elected by the residents of London and exercises wide authority for transport strategy and operations across multiple modes, including strategic roads.

There is no single elected position with the same or similar mandate in the North of England. To create such a role would require taking powers from the Metro Mayors of Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region and the Tees Valley, as well as the various local authorities in the North. Transport for the North (TfN) and their constituent members have made clear that they do not intend this to happen. TfN's important role is to provide a strategic transport vision for the North.

The functions of Rail North, under a March 2015 partnership agreement with the Department for Transport, are to co-manage the Northern and TransPennine Express rail franchises, and to advise the Department for Transport on the development and delivery of its rail enhancement programme in the North of England.