§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of traffic on the inter-urban trunk road network is long-distance through traffic.
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what implications the recent report "Reducing Transport Emissions through Planning", and the draft planning policy guidance note 13, have for the size and character of his trunk roads programme.
§ Mr. KeyThe trunk road programme will be developed in the light of latest information about forecast traffic, which will take into account existing and future settlement patterns.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the planning of trunk roads currently takes into account the potential impact of road schemes on settlement and development patterns(a) prior to roads programme entry, (b) prior to the preferred route consultation and (c) as part of the environmental assessment.
§ Mr. KeyThe implications of trunk road schemes for land use planning are taken into account during the development of regional planning guidance, in the appraisal frameworks which are made available at public consultation on the road scheme and also as part of a scheme's environmental statement.
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria he has published to define long-distance through traffic as regards the planning of trunk roads in respect of the draft planning policy guidance note 13.