Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Monday, 5 February 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 February 2007. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 8 February 2007 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport: Advisory Bodies

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to facilitate the creation of regional transport boards in addition to the South East and Yorkshire and Humber boards.

Answer: It is open to every region to decide whether they wish to establish bodies to focus their involvement in regionally based transport exercises, such as the regional funding allocations process or development of the regional transport strategy. Whether to do so, and what the structure and tasks to be assigned to such bodies should be, is for individual regions to decide. I understand that several regions have chosen to establish such bodies.

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