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1565406

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date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Dorset
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 9 January 2023 to Question 113160 on Large Goods Vehicles: Dorset, whether it is the policy of Highways England to retain the lorry park at Brocks Pine; and what representations have been received by Highways England on retaining the lorry park.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	119886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>National Highways (which has replaced Highways England) has no role in the operation of the facility, and it is not a NH site or on NH land.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways has not called for the closure or relocation of the ‘lorry park’ facility within Avon Heath Country Park.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/01/2023 13:58:06 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1565547

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will bring forward a revised rail reform White Paper which includes the role of private sector operators.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	119967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that reform is needed to create a railway fit for the 21<sup>st</sup> century and that the private sector has an important role. We are engaging with the sector and will set out our plans for delivering this much needed reform shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/01/2023 16:25:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1565556

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation and Railways
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 implications for his policies of proposals by the French Government to ban domestic flights on journeys that would take less than two and a half hours by train.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	120067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The latest CAA data available shows that there are currently just two scheduled UK domestic routes that are within 2.5-hour range by train. Based upon the French Government’s proposals neither of these routes would be affected as they form part of connecting international flights into Heathrow.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2023 16:36:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1565568

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicles were purchased in London in each of the last five years; and what proportion of all electric vehicles purchased in that period in England were purchased in London.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	120072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The number of battery electric vehicles registered for the first time in London and England are outlined below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>London / England (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,892</p></td><td><p>14,031</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,918</p></td><td><p>16,336</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>5,345</p></td><td><p>39,187</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>10,143</p></td><td><p>104,974</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>21,863</p></td><td><p>191,826</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year to Sep-2022</p></td><td><p>19,536</p></td><td><p>175,977</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DfT and DVLA</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2023 14:53:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1565569

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charging points there has been in each region of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	120073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department holds data on the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in the UK as provided by the electric vehicle and charging point platform Zap-Map.</p><p> </p><p>It also holds information on chargepoints and sockets that have been applied for and installed under one of the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) provided grant schemes in public, residential and workplace locations. Information on chargepoints that have been privately installed are not held, therefore the total count of charging devices in the UK will be higher than the figures given below.</p><p> </p><p>DfT began collecting the number of publicly available chargepoints at midnight on 01 October 2019. This data is given in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Total number of publicly available charging devices, as at midnight 01 October 2022 from 2019 onwards</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region Name</p></td><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>October 2020</p></td><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>October 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>15,116</p></td><td><p>19,487</p></td><td><p>25,927</p></td><td><p>34,637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>849</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,204</p></td><td><p>1,403</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td><td><p>2,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>664</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>1,327</p></td><td><p>1,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>743</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td><td><p>1,413</p></td><td><p>1,842</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>1,141</p></td><td><p>1,723</p></td><td><p>2,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>909</p></td><td><p>1,229</p></td><td><p>1,667</p></td><td><p>2,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>4,360</p></td><td><p>5,655</p></td><td><p>7,865</p></td><td><p>11,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1,966</p></td><td><p>2,649</p></td><td><p>3,416</p></td><td><p>4,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,505</p></td><td><p>1,873</p></td><td><p>2,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>529</p></td><td><p>675</p></td><td><p>994</p></td><td><p>1249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,743</p></td><td><p>2,038</p></td><td><p>2,676</p></td><td><p>3,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on electric vehicle charging devices installed under each OZEV funded grant scheme are given in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2a: Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) charging devices installed each year, as of 1 October 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>21,614</p></td><td><p>25,993</p></td><td><p>54,197</p></td><td><p>115,799</p></td><td><p>70,682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>2,188</p></td><td><p>4,842</p></td><td><p>2,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,982</p></td><td><p>2,199</p></td><td><p>6,005</p></td><td><p>13,034</p></td><td><p>8,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>1,564</p></td><td><p>1,859</p></td><td><p>4,614</p></td><td><p>9,566</p></td><td><p>5,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,703</p></td><td><p>1,959</p></td><td><p>4,143</p></td><td><p>9,783</p></td><td><p>5,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,795</p></td><td><p>2,067</p></td><td><p>4,747</p></td><td><p>10,499</p></td><td><p>6,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,464</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td><td><p>5,893</p></td><td><p>12,958</p></td><td><p>7,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,018</p></td><td><p>2,902</p></td><td><p>4,168</p></td><td><p>8,120</p></td><td><p>4,778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>4,509</p></td><td><p>5,431</p></td><td><p>10,167</p></td><td><p>21,057</p></td><td><p>12,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,011</p></td><td><p>2,481</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td><td><p>9,929</p></td><td><p>5,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,729</p></td><td><p>2,060</p></td><td><p>3,728</p></td><td><p>8,439</p></td><td><p>5,942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>661</p></td><td><p>664</p></td><td><p>1,985</p></td><td><p>4,605</p></td><td><p>2,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>1,871</p></td><td><p>1,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>1,096</p></td><td><p>937</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2b: Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant (EVCG) which launched in April 2022: Charging sockets installed, as of 1 October 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Charging Sockets Installed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: regional breakdowns of these figures are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 3: On-Street Residential Scheme (ORCS) number of completed installations each financial year, from the scheme start date in 2019, as of 1 October 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2018</p></td><td><p>FYE 2019</p></td><td><p>FYE 2020</p></td><td><p>FYE 2021</p></td><td><p>FYE 2022</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>496</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>1,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>3,281</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 4a: Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) total number of sockets installed by region, as of 1 October 2022. Yearly installations by region are not available due to the small size of the data set.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Sockets Installed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>36,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>4,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>3,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>3,403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>3,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>4,519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>3,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>686</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 4b: Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) total number of sockets installed each year, as of 1 October 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>4,522</p></td><td><p>6,257</p></td><td><p>11,093</p></td><td><p>11,891</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* 2022 only includes data up to 1 October.</p><p>Data from the tables above cannot be combined to create a total, as charging devices from Table 3 are within public areas and there could already be included within the public charging devices dataset provided by Zap-Map.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2023 16:54:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1565648

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 10 January 2023 to Question 117733 on Train Operating Companies, how many times he met representatives from the train operating companies in each week since August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	120087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers regularly hold meetings with representatives from the train operating companies.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Ministers' meetings with train operating companies is included in the Ministers’ Transparency Publication, issued on a quarterly basis, and is available via this webpage:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?parent=/transport/corporate-and-operational-information-transport&amp;topic=d39a3eae-b358-4472-83e2-2e17a86e2ad8&amp;content_store_document_type%5B%5D=transparency&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-transport&amp;public_timestamp%5Bfrom%5D=2022&amp;public_timestamp%5Bto%5D=2023&amp;order=updated-newest" target="_blank">Transparency and freedom of information releases - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/01/2023 16:41:27 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1565652

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1 (M): Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the southbound carriage of the A1M near junction 5 to be resurfaced and the potholes and current rough road surface to be addressed.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	119925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>National Highways’ inspectors carry out weekly safety inspections of the A1(M). Recent weekly inspections identified two safety critical defects in the area on 19 December 2022 and 28 December 2022 and both have been made safe.</p><p> </p><p>Currently a resurfacing scheme for lanes one and two of the southbound A1(M) between junctions 6-5 is planned for the financial year 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>Where safety critical defects, including potholes, are identified, they are made safe within 24 hours and a permanent repair is made within 28 days.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/01/2023 14:04:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1565694

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the brightness of modern LED vehicle headlights on people who have vision difficulties including incipient cataracts.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	120201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been carried out of the potential impact of the brightness of LED headlights on people with vision difficulties including incipient cataracts. However, 2018 research into emerging risks concluded overall that there is no direct adverse health effects from LED emission in normal use. Furthermore, LED headlights are subject to the same detailed requirements as other lighting technologies which include, limits on light intensity to control brightness and regulated beam patterns to minimise the occurrence of glare.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/01/2023 14:17:42 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1565727

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
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: Colne Valley
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of chromium-6 found at HS2 sites across the Colne Valley; and whether these are related to cement used in construction works.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd’s contractor Align JV collects water samples from groundwater, surface water and water associated with construction activities along the route of the Colne Valley Viaduct. The water samples are analysed for a number of substances, including chromium VI, and the data is assessed against environmental quality standards and drinking water standards. The data is then provided to the Environment Agency and Affinity Water on a monthly basis.</p><p> </p><p>All the cement used in the construction of the Colne Valley Viaduct meets EU limits for chromium VI content. Chromium VI has been identified in some waters from the cement used in construction. Such water is collected and either treated at the Align water treatment plant at their South Portal site or at off-site commercial facilities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/01/2023 12:23:06 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1564752

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of smart motorways on (a) levels of congestion and (b) driver safety.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	118927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>National Highways produces annual smart motorways stocktake progress reports which cover the latest safety data and progress on delivering the 2020 Stocktake actions. National Highways published its <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fnationalhighways.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fuivj2zem%2Fsmart-motorways-stocktake-second-year-2022.pdf__%3B!!HEBAkwG3r5RD!5wfacw1GmLJImTdapOKpoaRHpjXxjMDojXGkk35vFNpJZb4tpE9ulsZZQblI9kX0M3rrLUnEWk2uuzG5iaxdQYzBCBli4JQhEvjQ7aHeEQ%24&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDanielle.Young%40dft.gov.uk%7C1aaaa7a58b1a48418b7708daf3b94c5d%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638090275434187047%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Y%2BAeWWKMI00tYUKhOVuZtzzCVe04qkHsaVo8eqayHEs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Smart motorways stocktake - Second year progress report 2022</a> in May 2022. The latest data (2016 to 2020) shows that shows that, overall, in terms of serious or fatal casualties, smart motorways are the safest roads on the Strategic Road Network. The next annual report is due to be published in Spring 2023.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways also produces Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) reports ‘one year after’ and ‘five years after’ the opening of a road scheme covering all scheme impacts, including journey time reliability and safety. Reports are published on the National Highways <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fnationalhighways.co.uk%2Four-roads%2Fpost-opening-project-evaluation-pope-of-major-schemes%2F__%3B!!HEBAkwG3r5RD!5wfacw1GmLJImTdapOKpoaRHpjXxjMDojXGkk35vFNpJZb4tpE9ulsZZQblI9kX0M3rrLUnEWk2uuzG5iaxdQYzBCBli4JQhEvgRMXzQGQ%24&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDanielle.Young%40dft.gov.uk%7C1aaaa7a58b1a48418b7708daf3b94c5d%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638090275434187047%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gLrLcxApDZg1cno0scyzm%2BfFjBGoGDqImB7Jy99dHuo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/01/2023 14:19:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
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