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Written question asked by Lord Stunell (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 13 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 December 2012. It was answered by Stephen Hammond (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Roads

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) length and (b) proportion is of roads in each local authority area in England which are (i) part of the national strategic road network, (ii) other A roads, (iii) B roads, (iv) other adopted public highways and (v) adopted public highways of any type.

[134192]

Answer

A table providing the length of public road within each local authority in England in 2011, broken down by road type has been deposited in the Libraries of the House.

The road type categories used in the table are as follows:

Strategic Road Network—motorways

Strategic Road Network—'A' roads

Local Highway Authority motorways

Local Highway Authority 'A' roads

Local Highway Authority 'B' roads

Local Highway Authority 'C’ roads

Local Highway Authority 'U’ roads

A second table has been deposited, which provides the proportions of road length within each local authority in each of these categories.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
134192; 555 c803W
Session
2012-13
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2012-1931
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk