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Road Signs and Markings: Languages

Commons · Question 70338 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her department's policy to ban (a) bilingual and (b) and foreign language street signs.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 8 Sep 2025

Traffic signs are regulated through the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. This does not permit languages other than English to be used in England. Traffic signs is a devolved matter with the Scottish and Welsh Governments being respon...