Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has reduced the funding available to develop the winning design of the Transport Systems Catapult All Aboard competition into a working prototype from £100,000 to £50,000; and if he will make a statement.

The All Aboard Competition was funded by the Transport Systems Catapult, who agreed to invest up to £150,000 in total. This funding covered the development and delivery of the competition and all project management, marketing and administrative costs associated with running the competition, as well as up to £50,000 to develop the winning design into a working prototype.