Written question asked by Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 7 January 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 January 2015. It was answered by Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 15 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport: Capital Investment

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 17 December (HL3391), what proportion of the appraisal of a typical road and a rail investment proposal is based on (1) the aggregation of small time savings forecast to be of benefit to users, and (2) other effects such as the wider economic impacts and the various regeneration effects.

Answer: Transport investment decisions are supported with a 5-part business case. Appraisal information largely informs the economic case, which aims to provide a comprehensive overview of a proposal’s impacts. This includes a wide range of social and environmental factors, as well as time savings and economic impacts. The proportion of benefits falling in these different categories varies on a proposal-by-proposal basis and information on the proportion of benefits from (1) small time savings, and (2) other effects such as wider impacts, is not centrally held.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL3973
Session: 2014-15
Related items: Transport: Capital Investment
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Capital investment Railways Roads Trees
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk