HC Deb 08 March 1995 vol 256 cc203-4W
Mr. Keith Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with which bodies he consulted in drawing up the UK master plan on(a) the trans-European road network and (b) the trans-European rail and combined transport network.

Mr. Watts

Consultations took place with:

  1. a) Local authority associations in England and the Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, for Scotland and for Wales about the trans-European road network.
  2. b) British Rail, European Passenger Services, Railtrack and Northern Ireland Railways on railways.
Mr. Keith Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what environmental and economic criteria he used to select schemes for inclusion in the trans-European road network.

Mr. Watts

The United Kingdom routes that the Government proposed for inclusion in the trans-European road network were put forward on the basis of their contribution to meeting the aims set out for trans-European networks in the treaty on European Union.

Mr. Keith Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the average net present value for schemes designated part of the United Kingdom trans-European road network.

Mr. Watts

It is not possible to provide an average net present value.

Net present values are calculated separately for each scheme and are normally published when individual schemes reach the public consultation stage. Not all schemes on TERN routes have reached this stage.

Mr. Keith Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what studies his Department has conducted into the indirect economic benefits to the United Kingdom of the UK section of the trans-European road network.

Mr. Watts

The trans-European transport network plans are still in draft form pending adoption by the Council and the European Parliament.

Mr. Keith Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates his Department has made of the cost of implementing the UK sections of(a) the trans-European road network, (b) the trans-European high-speed rail network, (c) the trans-European conventional rail network and (d) the trans-European combined transport network.

Mr. Watts

None. The network plans are still in draft form pending adoption by the Council and the European Parliament. The networks will, in any case, be indicative and place no obligation on member states to commit expenditure.