Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits to the economy of the Yorkshire and the Humber region of further improvements to the A1079, including (a) improving sections of the A165 and A614 and (b) dualling parts of the A15 between Lincoln and Scunthorpe; and if he will make a statement.

The roads raised by the Right Honourable Gentleman are the responsibility of local highway authorities – Lincolnshire County Council, North Lincolnshire Council and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. It is for those authorities to prioritise areas of their networks for improvements, and to seek funding, if required.

A scheme to improve the A1079 at Wilberfoss is in the Department’s Major Road Network programme. Earlier this year, officials reviewed a strategic outline business case submitted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and we are waiting for the Council to respond to a number of clarification questions. Once these are resolved, advice will be provided to Ministers on whether the business case for the scheme should be developed further. An additional scheme, the A164 Jock's Lodge Junction Improvement Scheme which would improve the A164/A1079 junction, is also in our programme of Local Authority promoted schemes. The full business case is scheduled to be submitted in late December 2022.