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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Lords · Question HL12391 · Tabled 27 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 8 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Bradshaw

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 27 November (HL11894), why time changes of such small increments are used in the calculation of journey saving; and what assessment they have made of the exte

Answer

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, 8 Dec 2025

Our approach to the modelling and appraisal of journey time changes is intended to capture the behavioural choices of travellers, and the resulting impacts on the welfare of society. There is evidence from everyday life of individuals making choices that ...