Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reasons there are for the recent and proposed closures to road traffic at Allen's West Level Crossing at Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, and what action they plan to take to minimise any future unplanned and planned closures.

Network Rail operates at arm’s-length from the Department for Transport and is not expected to involve Ministers in its regular operational decisions such as its proposals for works at level crossings.