Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 17 June 2015 to Question 2244, what the current amount is of outstanding government debt on the Severn Bridges; and what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of that debt by the end of the concession period.

The most recent estimate of outstanding Government debt on the Severn Crossings, also known as the accumulated deficit, was £101m at 31 March 2015. The latest forecast is that by the end of the concession period this will have reduced to £63m.