§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the answer of 25 March, Ref. 46194, if he will publish estimates of inter-urban congestion for 1999. [47132]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe estimates of inter-urban congestion in 2000 will be a baseline against which we will monitor progress towards our PSA target to reduce congestion below 2000 levels by 2010. The speed surveys from which they are derived were designed specifically to enable the estimation of congestion for 2000. The data from previous surveys are insufficient to establish robust congestion figures and the Department therefore does not intend to publish congestion figures for years before 2000.