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1416470

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the use of variable speed limits when long stretches of roadworks are taking place on motorways in order that motorists are not obliged to travel at an unnecessarily low speed at times when no work is taking place.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	111497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>On the Strategic Road Network (SRN), which comprises our motorways and principal A roads, keeping disruption from road works and traffic management to a minimum is an important priority for National Highways (NH). NH keeps the maximum number of lanes open at busy times and carries out the vast majority of work requiring extra restrictions either overnight or at the weekend, when traffic flows are lowest. Where works are undertaken overnight, NH is often able to keep the speed limit at 70mph.</p><p>Reduced traffic volumes are not the only factor when determining the appropriate speed for road works. Visibility and carriageway widths, amongst other things, need to be considered to ensure the safety of road workers and road users.</p><p>NH has increased the speed limit through most road works from 50mph to 60mph and uses more contraflows on its schemes, which can reduce the need for closures. This has led to improved journey times and saved 3,800,000 vehicle hours and £63 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 111502 question first answered 28/01/2022 13:36:21 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1416493

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing variable speed limits along long stretches of roadworks on motorways so that motorists travelling at times when no work is taking place, such as evenings and weekends, are not required to travel at low speed.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	111502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>On the Strategic Road Network (SRN), which comprises our motorways and principal A roads, keeping disruption from road works and traffic management to a minimum is an important priority for National Highways (NH). NH keeps the maximum number of lanes open at busy times and carries out the vast majority of work requiring extra restrictions either overnight or at the weekend, when traffic flows are lowest. Where works are undertaken overnight, NH is often able to keep the speed limit at 70mph.</p><p>Reduced traffic volumes are not the only factor when determining the appropriate speed for road works. Visibility and carriageway widths, amongst other things, need to be considered to ensure the safety of road workers and road users.</p><p>NH has increased the speed limit through most road works from 50mph to 60mph and uses more contraflows on its schemes, which can reduce the need for closures. This has led to improved journey times and saved 3,800,000 vehicle hours and £63 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 111497 question first answered 28/01/2022 13:36:21 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

900498

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the criteria are for activating an average speed monitored stretch of motorway; what measures are in place to (a) prevent an artificially low speed limit being implemented and (b) ensure that an average speed limit camera check is in place for no longer than necessary; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	142357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Average speed cameras are only used on motorways through roadworks for the safety of those travelling and working on the road. These limits are normally set at 50mph in accordance with published standards and in agreement with the police. Highways England can increase this speed limit to 55 mph or 60 mph where it is safe to do so. These speed restrictions are lifted once the roadworks are completed.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England uses variable speed limits on smart motorways to manage traffic flows at busy times and in response to incidents on the network. A system of road sensors is used to detect actual vehicle speeds and the rate of flow of traffic on a motorway. Based on this information an algorithm is used to determine whether a reduced speed limit is required in order to maintain safety or optimise traffic flow. The algorithm works out the optimum speed for traffic by comparing the observed vehicle speed and traffic flow against the historical norm for a particular stretch of road. The automated system then activates the reduced speed limit at a level that will maintain safety and allow traffic to flow as freely as possible. Speed limits are set to 40mph to maintain safety when a slow moving or stopped vehicle is detected and are set to 50 or 60 mph to optimise traffic flow based on a number of factors detected by the sensors, including average speed, flow rate and traffic density.</p><p> </p><p>The algorithm ensures that speed limits are returned to 70 mph as soon as the detected traffic parameters indicate that this can be done safely. Highways England traffic operations staff are also able to activate or deactivate variable speed limits manually based on observed traffic patterns should this be required.</p><p> </p><p>These measures ensure that automated variable speed limits are set appropriately and that variable speed limits do not remain in place for longer than is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England routinely monitors, reviews and learns lessons on the performance of variable speed limits on smart motorway schemes to ensure that the speed limits that are set are appropriate for the traffic conditions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/05/2018 10:14:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 57775 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

820014

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised by average speed cameras, installed on a temporary basis because of roadworks on motorways in England during the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	122086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>All revenue generated from speed cameras – through fixed penalty notices issued by local police forces or speeding fines issued by the courts are transferred into the Consolidated Fund, which is regarded as central Government’s current account. Fines are considered a tax-type revenue and Government departments and their agencies are legally obliged to surrender these receipts to the Treasury. Revenue surrendered to this account is usually transferred in bulk and not ring-fenced for any specific area of government spending but will be used towards general government expenditure. This includes Supply payments to government departments which are drawn from the Consolidated Fund in line with amounts voted by Parliament to finance their net expenditure. As a result, we are unable to provide the information you have requested.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/01/2018 10:30:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

381558

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to trial the use of variable temporary speed limits on sections of motorways involving roadworks to take account of the different road conditions at off peak times in order to reduce delays.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	2663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Highways England has been tasked with improving and operating the Strategic Road Network. They are currently working on a number of projects looking at how the management of road works can be changed to deliver improvements for road users.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The varying of temporary speed limits in road works is currently not possible under existing legislation. However, Highways England is working closely with the Department for Transport to review the Motorway Regulations with the aim of updating them. One of the changes being considered would open the way for variable temporary speed limits in road works. Signing technology would also have to be developed and evaluated, particularly where gantries are not installed on certain motorway sections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/06/2015 11:21:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight