Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the extent to which traffic queuing for toll bridges operating under the provision of pre-20th century acts of Parliament contributes to traffic congestion in the areas around those toll bridges.

These toll bridges are privately owned and operated. The surrounding roads are not part of the strategic road network. These roads are therefore the responsibility of the local highway authority and the Secretary of State has no authority to carry out such an assessment.