Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce road congestion.

The First Road Investment Strategy (2015-2020) committed £7.7Bn to capital improvement across England’s motorway and Major trunk roads, most of which will reduce congestion. Similarly, the Government is already allocating £6Bn to councils inn England up to 2021 to help improve the local road network.

In addition, new funding of £1.3Bn was announced in the Autumn Statement to help support infrastructure projects; £1.1Bn for local roads and £220M to relieve congestion on Strategic routes. Congestion on roads outside of England is a matter for the respective devolved administrations.