REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE

That this House recognises the benefits that a substantial increase in investment in transport has brought to the London economy in recent years and the potential economic benefits that an equally significant uplift for transport investment in the North West could stimulate; but notes with concern the continuing substantial difference between public spending on transport in London at £545 per head of population compared with £265 per head in the North West as set out in HM Treasury's November 2013 Country and Regional Analysis of Public Spending; further notes that this difference between London and the North West is not replicated for public spending as a whole; and calls on the Government to ensure a more balanced approach to transport spending in order to promote a more balanced national economy.