Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of Northern Ireland's transport budget.

Transport is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. It is for the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure to make decisions on transport-related funding and spending decisions.

As I set out in my Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 27 April, Northern Ireland Office officials and I have worked intensively with the Northern Ireland departments to set a budget for Northern Ireland for the 2023-24 financial year. This year's budget allocation from the UK Government gave the Northern Ireland Department of Infrastructure a total allocation of £523 million.

It remains our firm view that the right people to make these decisions are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly. That is why this Government is doing all it can to engage with the party leaders to support a return to stable government so that these important issues can be addressed by those elected to do so.