Question follow-through · 76453
Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of potential impact of increasing the Dart Charge on the number of daily crossings.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 19 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of potential impact of increasing the Dart Charge on the number of daily crossings.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 2025
Answer published
Initial assessments suggest fewer car journeys and more goods vehicle journeys will be made than would have been the case if charges had been left unchanged. Revenue from the charging scheme, net of costs, must be spent on transport projects.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Department for Transport: X Corp
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