HC Deb 22 November 1999 vol 339 c23W
Mr. Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what projections he has made of road miles travelled on UK roads for each year between 1999 and 2010 by(a) domestic cars, (b) commercial vehicles, and (c) public transport vehicles; [99184]

(2) what assessment he has made of the effect on road congestion of increases in road fuel duties since May 1997; [99166]

(3) what projections he has made of the number of vehicles on UK roads in each year between 1999 and 2010. [99183]

Mr. Hill

Revised assessments of future traffic levels, taking into account the potential impact of the Integrated Transport White Paper are being prepared to inform the Government's first report under the Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998, which will be published shortly.