Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Mid and East Antrim Council and (b) the Dumfries and Galloway Council on the effect on the local economy of improvements on the A75.

Road investment in Scotland is a devolved matter and any plans to improve the A75 therefore fall to the Scottish Government. Where there are areas of cross-border interest, UK Ministers remain keen to collaborate with their Scottish counterparts. The Department is contributing to discussions about the proposed Borderlands Growth Deal, which includes an aspiration to improve the A75.