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	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 24 February (HL1571) and prior to their decision to conduct “an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways”, (1) how many miles of smart motorways have been created to date, (2) what has been the total cost of that work, and (3) how many miles of such motorways had been planned.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <ol><li><p>The SRN has been expanding and evolving since the 1960’s, and in 2018 was 4,513 miles in length. The last 25 years has also seen conversion of parts of the motorway network to become smart motorways:</p></li></ol><ul><li><p>Controlled Motorway (CM) - in 1995 the first mandatory variable speed limits used on the English motorway network were introduced on the M25 J10-J15. By the end of 2018, controlled motorways covered 137 miles of the network (around 3% of the SRN) and carried 7 billion vehicle miles of traffic (around 8% of total SRN traffic)</p></li><li><p>Dynamic Hard Shoulder Running (DHS) - in 2006 the first hard shoulder to be opened to traffic was put into operation on the M42 J3a-7. This pilot scheme was originally known as active traffic management. By the end of 2018, Dynamic Hard Shoulder Running motorways covered 66 miles of the network (around 1% of the SRN) and carried 3 billion vehicle miles of traffic (around 3% of total SRN traffic)</p></li><li><p>All Lane Running (ALR) - in 2014 the first ALR schemes went into operation on the M25 J5-7 and J23-27. By the end of 2018, ALR motorways covered 123 miles of the network (around 3% of the SRN) and carried 5 billion vehicle miles of traffic (around 5% of total SRN traffic).</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The smart motorway evidence stocktake report and action plan was published on 12 March 2020 and is available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>I will write to you to answer your questions 2 and 3.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 12/03/2020 17:54:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1175379

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been killed on smart motorways to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is one too many.</p><p> </p><p>We want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific question.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1194 HL1195 HL1196 HL1197 HL1198 question first answered 11/02/2020 16:58:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1175380

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister or official made the decision to build smart motorways in the UK; and when that decision was made.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is one too many.</p><p> </p><p>We want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific question.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1193 HL1195 HL1196 HL1197 HL1198 question first answered 11/02/2020 16:58:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1175381

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	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 Her Majesty's Government, following reports of safety concerns and the deaths of drivers using smart motorways, what plans they have to reintroduce the use of hard shoulders on such motorways while the safety of smart motorways is assessed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is one too many.</p><p> </p><p>We want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific question.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1193 HL1194 HL1196 HL1197 HL1198 question first answered 11/02/2020 16:58:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1175382

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	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 Her Majesty's Government what advice they have received from the police about the safety of smart motorways.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is one too many.</p><p> </p><p>We want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific question.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1193 HL1194 HL1195 HL1197 HL1198 question first answered 11/02/2020 16:58:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1175383

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many miles of smart motorways have been created to date; what has been the total cost of that work; how many miles of such motorways are planned; and what is the estimated cost of such work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is one too many.</p><p> </p><p>We want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific question.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1193 HL1194 HL1195 HL1196 HL1198 question first answered 11/02/2020 16:58:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1175384

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	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 Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the safety of smart motorways, or similar schemes, operating in other countries before introducing them in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is one too many.</p><p> </p><p>We want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific question.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1193 HL1194 HL1195 HL1196 HL1197 question first answered 11/02/2020 16:58:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1688313

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of completing the first phase of HS2; and what is the projected completion date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL2283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Network North command paper, for the historic Phase 1 scope DfT officials have estimated a provisional range of £45 billion to £54 billion.</p><p>Given these cost assessments were made before the decision was taken to cancel Phase 2, the Department has asked HS2 Ltd to consider the revised scope of the project and provide an action plan on how it will deliver this at the lowest reasonable cost. We will be able to provide more information in due course.</p><p>Delivery remains on track for the initial high-speed services between Old Oak Common in west London and Birmingham Curzon Street by 2029 to 2033. An updated delivery-into-service range for services to Euston will be provided in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 14/02/2024 15:38:51 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1178112

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 11 February (HL1193), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, how many people have been killed on smart motorways to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>As stated in my previous response on 11 February, we want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific questions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1568 HL1569 HL1570 HL1571 HL1572 question first answered 24/02/2020 16:52:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1178113

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 11 February (HL1194), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, which minister or official made the decision to build smart motorways in the UK; and when that decision was made.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL1568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>As stated in my previous response on 11 February, we want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why the Secretary of State asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. I will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific questions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL1567 HL1569 HL1570 HL1571 HL1572 question first answered 24/02/2020 16:52:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham