Sarah Champion MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Motorways: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the current average distance between dedicated emergency refuge areas, excluding slip roads and junctions, on All Lane Running Smart Motorways.
Answer: My previous answer on 27 April 2026 set out that the average distance between places to stop in an emergency is now less than a mile (around 0.9 miles). Design standard GD301 sets out the new spacing standard (around 3/4 mile where feasible and 1 mile max...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Motorways: Safety MeasuresDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the current average distance between emergency refuge areas on All Lane Running Smart Motorways.
Answer: National Highways has completed construction of 151 additional emergency areas across the All Lane Running smart motorway network, through the National Emergency Area Retrofit programme. Across every All Lane Running motorway, the average distance between...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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Motorways: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Third Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2021–22, Rollout and safety of smart motorways, HC26, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that emergency refuges on All Lane Ru
Answer: National Highways has completed construction of 151 additional emergency areas across the all lane running (ALR) smart motorway network through the National Emergency Area Retrofit (NEAR) programme. National Highways is evaluating the effectiveness of the...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Roads: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the assurance processes are under which the Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) of Major Schemes are conducted.
Answer: National Highways follows its established “Analytical Assurance Framework” for assuring POPE reports, which includes fourth line independent external expert analytical assurance from DfT. As these are complex reports it is right that my officials take the...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
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Roads: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has received completed Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) reports from National Highways since 2021.
Answer: National Highways publishes POPE reports once they have completed governance and assurance stages online at:https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/post-opening-project-evaluation-pope-of-major-schemes/ We will provide an update on the publication of POP...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
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Roads: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with National Highways on Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) reports; and what her planned timetable is for publication of existing unpublished POPE reports.
Answer: Post opening project evaluation (POPE) reports are detailed and complex evaluations and it is right that we take the time to fully assure findings. We are committed to transparency and will provide an update on publication in due course.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	15
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Ministry of Defence	1
Ministry of Justice	6

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