Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals to create sub-national transport bodies in the South West of England and the East of England comprising the local authorities in these areas.

The Department for Transport has not yet received any formal proposal from the South West of England or the East of England to create a statutory Sub-national Transport Body (STB).

However, local authorities in these areas have formed or are in the process of forming a voluntary partnerships with a view to becoming an STB in the future and departmental officials are working with them to develop their plans.