HC Deb 26 June 2002 vol 387 c880W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance he has issued to steering groups and local authorities on how road traffic reduction targets should be considered in multi-modal studies. [63503]

Mr. Jamieson

My Department issued guidance in April 2002 on the way in which multi-modal studies should assess the contribution of strategies to the eight public service agreements set out in the 10-year plan for transport, published in July 2000, including the targetto reduce road congestion on the inter-urban network and in large urban areas in England below current levels by 2010". The guidance is a supplement to the DETR publication "Guidance on Methodology for Multi Modal Studies", dated March 2000. These documents can be found on the Department's website at www.dft.gov.uk.