Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State of 26 October 2016, Official Report, column 136WH, when he plans to begin consultation on the study of safety on the A34.

On 26 October 2016, the Secretary of State for Transport tasked Highways England to carry out a safety study on the A34.

Highways England wrote to West Berkshire Council, Oxfordshire County Council and Thames Valley Police on 27 October 2016 inviting them to collaborate as part of this study. A further series of meetings have been arranged with key stakeholders in November to consider the scope of the safety study.

I will of course be meeting with the Hon Member and other Members whose constituencies are affected on 22 November to discuss further the safety of the A34.