Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people expressed a view directly or via third parties to his Department, Highways England and Ipsos Mori about Option A during the period of the Lower Thames Crossing Consultation between 26 January 2016 and 24 March 2016, including consultation responses, letters, emails and petition signatories that (a) agree or tend to agree, (b) disagree or tend to disagree and (c) neither agree nor disagree with Option A; and how many of those views were (i) associated and (ii) not associated with an organised campaign.

Detail of the analysis of consultation responses is available in the Ipsos MORI report published on 12 April 2017, the post-consultation Scheme Assessment Report and the Response to Consultation, available online at www.lower-thames-crossing.co.uk.

Highways England do not hold a breakdown of all figures specifically requested in each of these questions but have provided specific figures and breakdowns where this are available.

The 2,928 who responded via the questionnaire (a) 1,760 made comments in support of Location A (b) 1,165 made comments opposing Location A in their free text responses. One of these campaigns specifically suggested a new north-bound bridge crossing at Dartford as the solution. This campaign is referenced as ‘Campaign 11, Adam Holloway MP’ in the Ipsos MORI report and received 42 signatures.