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<p>Further to my answer to PQ 201129, the new Transport Assessment (TA) submitted
in support of the Outline Planning Application (OPA) for the new prison at Full Sutton,
a revision of the one submitted for the approved OPA in July 2017, is road surveys
of both peak and off-peak traffic flows, speed data and turning movements at the existing
HMP Full Sutton and were commissioned in October 2018. This was considered to be a
robust representation of loads on the local network and is within the scope agreed
with the Highway Authority. Traffic surveys are carried out outside school holidays
because trips on the network are materially lower during these periods. Surveys carried
out during school holidays might indicate that junctions are less busy than they are
at all other times and so would not be representative.</p><p> </p><p>The road survey
data was used to calculate trip generation for the new prison, once operational, based
on staff and visitor assumptions used for the planning of the larger HM Prison Berwyn
in Wrexham which opened in February 2017. The conclusions of the assessment are that
the highway network is expected either to continue to operate well within acceptable
capacity parameters when the additional traffic generated by the prison is added to
the network (in both the construction and operational phases), or that the additional
impacts will be low.</p><p> </p><p>The department remains committed to previously
announced plans, subject to planning approvals, value for money and affordability,
to build up to 10,000 modern prison places which, along with the reorganisation of
the existing estate, will provide the physical conditions for Governors to achieve
better educational, training and rehabilitative outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue
to engage with local stakeholders as we develop our plans for the new prison which
forms a crucial part of the department’s commitment to deliver modern, safe and decent
accommodation.</p>
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