Question follow-through · 51055

Road Traffic: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of levels of car use on (a) congestion and (b) road noise.

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
15 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Transport

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of levels of car use on (a) congestion and (b) road noise.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Department periodically publishes the national road traffic projections. The most recent being the National Road Traffic Projections 2022. This includes a measure of congestion expressed as lost time per mile, per vehicle in seconds. This is split by ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: South West

4 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve rail services in rural areas of the South West.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving Tests: Wiltshire

13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times for a practical driving test in Wiltshire were in the last 10 years, by driving test centre.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving Instruction: Wiltshire

13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of approved driving instructors there are in Wiltshire.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving Tests: Wiltshire

13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests have been booked in Wiltshire in 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Roads: Pollution Control

8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department monitors the discharge of highway runoff entering rivers along the network.