Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council does not include representatives from the (a) life sciences and (b) advanced manufacturing sectors.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Industrial Strategy Advisory Council is made up of sixteen of the UK’s business leaders, policy experts and trade union leaders who have been appointed based on their expertise and wide-ranging experience. Diversity of background has been a key focus in the decisions on membership to ensure we reflect the broadest range of perspectives this country has to offer, including in the Industrial Strategy’s growth-driving sectors such as advanced manufacturing and life sciences.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on levels of congestion on Moor Farm Roundabout between the A19, A1 and A189.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department holds and publishes data on the average speed and delay for both the strategic road network, of which the A19 and A1 form part, and locally managed ‘A’ roads, of which the A189 forms part. Datasets are available on the Department for Transport’s website for the strategic road network (https://dft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=0e99fa1f832d4f5cb240ab7e0fca0d46) and the local road network (https://dft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=d16db07065864eb0a29df1ea9152590d).

It is important to note that although figures are produced for average speed and average delay on both the Local ‘A’ and SRN networks, methodological differences between the Local ‘A’ road and SRN data prevents direct comparison between the two road types.

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