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Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 December 2016. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 December 2016 on behalf of the Treasury.


Infrastructure: Finance

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how (a) much funding and (b) many full-time equivalent staff the National Infrastructure Commission has allocated to its projects on (i) London transport, (ii) Transport for the North and (iii) the Cambridge-Milton Keynes- Oxford growth corridor.

Answer

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has its own budget, and under the terms of the Charter for the NIC published in October 2016, it has complete discretion over its work programme and resource allocation. The government does not hold exact figures on the funding and resource allocations for each of the NIC’s projects.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
55286
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Finance Infrastructure Transport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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