To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that the proposals for off-site highway works connected with the redevelopment of surplus land at Brookwood hospital, Knaphill, which has been formulated by Surrey county council and Woking borough council, fulfil the criteria recommended by his inspector in his report on the public inquiry into the development.

My right hon. Friend is awaiting an undertaking about off-site highway works prior to reaching his final decision on the appeals concerning the redevelopment of land at Brookwood hospital. He will be replying very soon to my right hon. Friend's letter of 6 October on this matter.