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 whether it would be necessary to re-allocate Junction 33 of the M6 to serve the university and 5,000 new homes that would be required under Option 1 of that plan.

The Highways Agency has not carried out any assessments of the possible impact on M6 Junction 33 of the of the Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-31: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, Option 1.

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.