Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 20610 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to prevent a scheme from going ahead in the event that the WCHAR's findings indicate that it contravenes these policies or design standards.

The Secretary of State for Transport has not had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding prevention of a scheme going ahead if the Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding Assessment findings indicate it contravenes these policies or design standards.

The Secretary of State for Transport would expect that any scheme would comply with the relevant policies and design standards unless there were very good reasons for it not to do so.