PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Road Traffic (21 October 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) mass immigration and (b) population increase on the road system.
Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Reform UK)
Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Reform UK)
Answer
The Department for Transport published the latest National Road Traffic Projections in 2022. These are projections of road traffic, congestion and emissions for England and Wales. These include outputs for the Common Analytical Scenarios, a set of seven standardised, off-the-shelf, cross-modal scenarios exploring national level uncertainties for use in transport forecasting and appraisal. A full description of the scenarios can be found in the DfT Uncertainty Toolkit.
Answered by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
25 October 2024
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