Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 208884, whether cost benefit ratios exist for all current Highways Agency minor schemes under development.

Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) exist for the vast majority of all current Highways Agency minor schemes under development. This is because the Highways Agency seeks to deliver best value for money and maximise the return on their investments across all programmes of work.

However, some schemes are classed as non-appraisable or have benefits that cannot be monetised. In these cases it is not possible to calculate a BCR.