Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2026 to Question 32938 on Roads: Construction, whether the most recent benefit-cost ratios for each of the four cancelled schemes included (a) wider economic benefits and (b) monetised environmental and cultural heritage benefits; and what the adjusted benefit-cost ratio was for each scheme where those benefits were included.

The most recent benefit-cost ratios for all four schemes included both wider economic benefits and monetised environmental and cultural heritage benefits. The adjusted benefit-cost ratios were; A1 Morpeth to Ellingham, 0.79; A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down, 1.39; A12 Chelmsford to A120, 1.15; and A47 Wansford to Sutton, 1.51.

The figures and analysis for these schemes were based on the evidence and transport appraisal guidance available at the time their analysis was undertaken. Therefore, the assumptions underpinning the appraisals vary between schemes.