Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) major routes and (b) feeder roads are classified as (i) projects or (ii) programmes for the purposes of determining whether they require strategic environmental assessments.

Individual road enhancement schemes are projects that are subject to Environmental Impact Assessment requirements as necessary. Strategic Environmental Assessments are a specific legal requirement for plans and programmes that set the framework for the future development consent of projects.