{"value":{"id":458607,"askingMemberId":4478,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-03-10T00:00:00","uin":"30327","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on devolving local transport schemes to local enterprise partnerships (LEP); and if he will assess the effect of such policies on the work of the Solent LEP in developing Southampton's infrastructure.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3996,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-03-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Funding for major local transport schemes is devolved as part of the Local Growth Fund to which the Department is contributing over £7billion. It is for LEPs to determine the priority projects in their areas. I understand that schemes that Solent LEP is undertaking in Southampton include the Cross Solent Connectivity Project, junction improvements near the Western Docks, and the recently completed Station Quarter scheme.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Transport: Southampton","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/458607","method":"GET"}]}