Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the potential increased need for roads infrastructure that would arise under Option 5 of that plan.

The Highways Agency has not carried out any assessments of the possible impact on the strategic roads network of Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-31: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, Option 5.

The Local Plan is still in the consultation period which ends on 31 July 2014. It is the Council'sresponsibility to assess the transport implications of their options and the Agency will work with them as part of this process.