Special Escort Group
Commons · Question 19468 · Tabled 11 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what statutory basis the Special Escort Group is able to disapply (a) highways and (b) speeding restrictions; and whether she has a statutory role in this process.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 16 Dec 2024
The Special Escort Group have the same road traffic exemptions and powers to stop and direct traffic as any other uniformed police officers, where necessary in the execution of their duty.