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Written question asked by Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 13 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 November 2025. It was answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour) on Thursday, 27 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 10 November (HL11340), in the Transport Analysis Guidance what, if anything, is the smallest period of time that can be taken into account in evaluating time saved by a scheme under consideration.

Answer

Transport models are capable of capturing almost any scale of changes in journey time, down to fractions of seconds. Typically, these are aggregated across travellers to provide a measure of the impact of the scheme.

In the Department’s Appraisal Summary Table, used to capture the key results in the appraisal, promoters are requested to provide a breakdown of the total monetary value of net journey time changes by the following increments:

  • Changes of 0 to 2 minutes
  • Changes of 2 to 5 minutes
  • Changes of greater than 5 minutes.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL11894
Session
2024-26
Related items
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Monday, 10 November 2025
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Subjects
Roads Repairs and maintenance
Link
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