United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 96049
Lower Thames Crossing: Costs
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1 December 2025
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17 December 2025 · Answer
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17 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the risk of cost escalation in the Lower Thames Crossing project.
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1 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the risk of cost escalation in the Lower Thames Crossing project.
Source: Commons
17 December 2025
Answer
While the Development Consent Order (DCO) provides a fixed framework that limits scope-driven changes and offers higher cost certainty for delivery, it is important to note that at this stage of a project of this size and complexity there is always a leve...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-01/96049
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1858887
- uk · wq-1858887 · source updated 17 December 2025