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1694186

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the safety of (a) smart and (b) other motorways; and what evidence was used to make that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
	uin	17334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government have cancelled plans for new smart motorways, recognising the lack of confidence felt by drivers and cost pressures. This will allow us to track public confidence and consider safety and economic data over a longer period. The most recent comparative assessment is contained in National Highways Smart motorways stocktake Third year progress report, published in December 2023 (www.nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/smart-motorways-evidence-stocktake/). In terms of deaths or serious injuries, the latest safety data continues to show that overall, all smart motorway types are safer than conventional motorways.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2024 17:53:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1648368

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to return smart motorways to ordinary motorways in the interests of safety.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL8838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>On 16 April, the Government announced that all plans for new smart motorways have been cancelled, recognising the lack of confidence felt by drivers and cost pressures. This means no new smart motorways will be built.</p><p> </p><p>We are focused on investing £900m to add further safety improvements to existing smart motorways, including constructing 150 extra emergency areas – so that people can continue to get around easily and with increased confidence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 10/07/2023 15:15:50 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1641605

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of safety on motorways in (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) Spain and (d) Austria; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of motorway speed limits on safety in those countries.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	187563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Across all road classifications, the UK has some of the safest roads in the world. According to the latest (2021) international safety data consolidated and published by DfT, Great Britain and Northern Ireland have lower rates of road fatalities per million people than most European countries, including Germany, Spain and France. We do not have comparative figures specifically for Motorways.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 12/06/2023 09:47:03 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1628083

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of legally requiring cars that have broken down on motorways to display a hazard sign.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	185440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Rules relating to road users displaying hazard signs (e.g. warning triangles) in the event of a breakdown are set out in Rule 276 of The Highway Code. Rule 76 advises motorists not to place a warning sign on the carriage if they breakdown on a motorway. This is because priority is for the safety of the vehicle occupants, and, as a matter of urgency, they should move to a safe place away from fast moving traffic.</p><p> </p><p>In line with The Highway Code, National Highways provides guidance to drivers on what to do in the event that their vehicle breaks down on any kind of high-speed road. This was the subject of a major campaign and there is further breakdown advice on their website.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 23/05/2023 12:50:33 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1625265

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2023 to Question 182337 on Motorways: Safety, how much and what proportion of the (a) £21.9 million on planning and (b) £37.4 million on design of those cancelled smart motorway schemes was spent in each of the financial years between 2010-11 and 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	183494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The following table identifies the annual breakdown of the spending on planning and design, for the 11 paused (now cancelled) schemes.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Planning*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Design*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*All values in £ million</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 09/05/2023 15:50:58 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1623328

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the news story entitled All new smart motorways scrapped, published by his Department on 15 April 2023, how much his Department spent on the (a) planning and (b) design of the (i) 11 schemes paused from the second and (ii) three schemes earmarked for construction during the third road investment strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	182337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>Since the beginning of the Smart Motorways Programme in the mid-2000s, which was subsequently expanded, including in 2007 and in February 2010, approximately £21.9m has been spent on planning and £37.4m on design of the 11 smart motorways schemes that were allocated to be completed during the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2), and which have now been cancelled.</p><p> </p><p>£2.9m has been spent on planning the three smart motorway schemes earmarked for potential inclusion in the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) period. No costs have been incurred on design activities for these three schemes due to their early cancellation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 28/04/2023 14:15:27 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden previous answer version 71974 answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1551527

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further steps his Department are taking to improve safety on all lane running smart motorways.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	110838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>Overall, in terms of serious or fatal casualties, smart motorways are the safest roads on the Strategic Road Network. We want all drivers to feel safe and we have paused the rollout of smart motorways not already in construction while we collect more data. During the pause, we have committed £900m for safety improvements across the network including building more emergency areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 19/12/2022 14:34:00 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1547353

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 93553 on Motorways: Safety, of the 10% of vehicles stopped in live lanes on all-lane running motorways not detected within 60 seconds, in how many instances detection took more than (a) five and (b) ten minutes in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	100986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>National Highways has established processes for monitoring the performance of stopped vehicle detection where it is in place on all lane running sections of smart motorway, collecting samples of operational data covering emergency areas and live lanes. National Highways currently has 17 days’ worth of operational sample data covering the period 2021 and 2022.</p><p> </p><p>From this data, an average of around 98.3% of vehicles stopped in live lanes or emergency areas were detected within 5 minutes, and around 99.7% within 10 minutes. There were single figures of cars that took over 10 minutes to detect.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that as the sample of the data evolves, there may be further changes to the figures presented. As the data is based on a sample dataset, any extrapolation or conclusions should be made with caution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 07/12/2022 17:22:01 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion