Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment he has made of the effect on productivity of steps necessary to deliver efficiency savings from his Department's budget.

No specific assessment has been made of the effect of the announced measures on productivity. The Department will continue to deliver efficiency savings wherever possible as part of the Government’s Long Term Economic Plan.