Written questions

Dangerous Driving: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 47135 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 30 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support Community Speed Watch schemes and (b) deter (i) antisocial driving and (ii) street racing in rural areas.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 30 Apr 2025

Community Speedwatch schemes are initiatives coordinated by the police working with local volunteers to target speeders, and decisions on whether to operate local schemes are operational matters for the police.  The Department for Transport agrees that th...