Richard Arkless – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Arkless on 2016-06-10.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many national infrastructure projects have been established in Scotland since 1997.

Greg Hands

More than 240 infrastructure schemes have been completed since the beginning of the last Parliament. The National Infrastructure Pipeline (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-2016) contains a list of planned private and public infrastructure projects and programmes. Almost all Scottish economic infrastructure, including transport, water, flood defence and waste, is devolved to the Scottish government. However, the UK government has made significant investment in transport infrastructure, including £1.2 billion to replace the electric intercity 225 fleet that currently runs on the London to Edinburgh line, as well as £50 million, matched by the Scottish government, to replace the Cross-border Caledonian sleeper.