Estimates – Spending of the Department of Transport

─          Total public spending on Transport in 2016/17 was £29.14 billion. Of this, the overall budget of the Department of Transport (DfT) was £15.63 billion.

─          There has been significant discussion and debate around whether London and the South-East receives a disproportionate share of transport expenditure, and particularly whether the North of England receives a “fair share” of expenditure.

─          The new-style Estimates day debates provides the House with an opportunity to explore and scrutinise in more detail the DfT’s spending plans and priorities.

─          The Transport committee has published a Memorandum on the Supplementary Estimate 2017/18 setting out changes in departmental spending plans since the Main Estimate.